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Condition
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A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Foxing present on page edges, otherwise a very good copy.”
Genre
Poetry
Original Language
English
ISBN
9780856461095
Publication Year
1983
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Goddesses, Ghosts and Demons: the Collected Poems of Li He, 790-816
Item Height
230mm
Author
He Li
Publisher
Carcanet Press LTD
Topic
Poetry
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
518g
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Poetica 15 Li He, born in 790 A.D., is said to have written poetry of great power at age seven. His death at twenty-six was considered a tragic loss. Legend records him writing poems on horseback, gathering the fragments in a tapestry bag carried by a servant lad. His mother once exclaimed, 'This boy of mine won't be content until he has vomited out his heart'. Barely 240 poems survive. Neglected in his own country for many years as aberrant and extremist, his work has recently undergone a re-evaluation in China and Japan, as well as in the West. As mystic and shaman-poet, Li He writes of goddesses, of the supernatural and demonic, of time and of alchemy. Taoist and Buddhist, his verse is distinguished by a romantic extravagance, a wild, exotic pessimism, a dark beauty more like Baudelaire or Trakl than like his contemporaries in the late T'ang. Today his poems seem unsettlingly modern. T'ang China (618-907) was one of the richest cultural periods in history, a flowering of art and literature of extraordinary beauty and endurance. In poetry, this three-hundred-year period's impact was so great that many people's conception of Chinese poetry is actually T'ang poetry. This was also a period of religious and philosophical thought. Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism each exerted great influence on this medieval society. Among the great T'ang writers and philosophers, Li He stood apart as a poet of remarkable and eccentric originality and genius.

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Carcanet Press LTD
ISBN-13
9780856461095
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Book Title
Goddesses, Ghosts and Demons: the Collected Poems of Li He, 790-816
Author
He Li
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry
Publication Year
1983
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Item Height
230mm
Item Width
150mm
Volume
15
Item Weight
518g

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He Li
Series Title
Poetica
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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