More Gems of Chinese Poetry,

FLETCHER, W. J. B.

Verlag: Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1923

Beschreibung

Translated into English Verse by W. J. B. Fletcher, with Comparative Passages from English Literature. Third Edition. Shanghai, The Commercial Press, 1923. 8vo. Original pebble-grained clopth, lettered in gilt and white; pp. [4], iv, 208, [2], cloth faded, spotted and a little rubbed, interior fine; Chinese booksellers' labels at beginning and end. First published in 1919, this is a critically annotated bilingual crestomacy of classic Chinese poetry. William John Bainbrigge Fletcher (1879-1933) was the British consul at Haikou in Hainan Province, and wrote altogether two books on Chinese poetry, all of which are very rare. One of the early Western publications trying to understand the formalism of Chinese aesthetics, allusions and rhetorical figures in poetry. Seal of Shanghai High School Library. Ex libris. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3335

Bibliografische Details

Titel: More Gems of Chinese Poetry,

Verlag: Commercial Press, Shanghai

Erscheinungsdatum: 1923

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 3rd Edition.