Li Po (701-762), one of the most popular Chinese poets, was noted for his romantic songs on wine, women, and nature. His writings reflect the grandeur of the T'ang dynasty at the height of its prosper...
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In the following introduction to the first volume of Li Po's work rendered into English, Obata offers details of the poet's life that informed his verse.
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At the early dawn of medieval ...
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In the following excerpt from his full-length study of Li Po's life and career, Waley examines a selection of verses from the poet's most productive years, most likely 745-753.
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In the following excerpt from his full-length study of Chinese lyric poetry, Watson discusses several examples of Li Po's work, classifying individual poems according to their traditional form ...
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In the following excerpt from his translation and study of the poetry of Li Po and Tu Fu, Cooper sketches the details of Li Po's life and provides a general overview of the poet's techni...
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In the following essay, Eide discusses three neglected poems by Li Po—“My Trip in a Dream to the Lady of Heaven Mountain,” “Lu Mountain Song,” and “Song...
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In the following essay, Kroll elucidates some of Li Po's more opaque poems “in light of their precise Taoist diction and imagery.” Nearly a hundred substantive footnotes have been...
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In the following introduction to the Li Po section in his translation of the works of five T’ang poets, Young remarks on Li Po's sense of intoxication, freedom, and adventure, and discus...
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In the following essay, Varsano contends that Li Po's deliberate use and manipulation of traditional poetic conventions plays an important role in his success as the quintessentially “im...
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Li Po
