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In the following essay, Hsu presents an overview of Li Ch'ing-chao's life and her writing, from her early poems to the more serious verse she composed after her husband's death. T...
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In the following excerpt, Hu characterizes Li Ch'ing-chao as a purely lyrical and aesthetic poet, showing how her love of nature, her profound sensibility, her love for her husband, and her des...
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In the following excerpt, Chung explores several elements of Li Ch'ing-chao's poetry, including her ability to convey feelings implicitly, her use of delicate metaphors and natural image...
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In the following essay, Minru explores the complexities of Li Ch'ing-chao's life and interests and the influence these on her poetry.
The Song Dynasty (960-1279) was a period of cultural...
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In the following essay, Dragin and Dresman compare different translations of Li Ch'ing-chao's poetry into English and find that none is really more successful than the others.
Remarking ...
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In the following essay, Lockwood explores the sensual and intellectual kinship between the works of Li Ch'ing-chao and those of poet Kenneth Rexroth, one of the most important translators of he...
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In the following excerpt, Malmqvist offers a metrical analysis of Li Ch'ing-chao's lyrical poem ”Shengsheng man.”
The phonology of the literary koine of the Chinese languag...
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In the following excerpt, Almberg discusses and then reproduces a letter from Li Ch'ing-chao to Qi Chongli, a relative of her first husband and a respected senior academician. The critic conten...
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In the following essay, Wixted examines Li Ch'ing-chao's place in the Chinese literary tradition before exploring questions about the existence of a feminine consciousness in her writing...
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Critical Essay by Kai-Yu Hsu
