The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs

The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs
Author: Fritz-Heiner Mutschler
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527523799

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The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life, and thus exercised a lasting influence on both civilizations. This volume presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora. Part One analyzes their genesis and their reception, while Part Two discusses their characteristics as poetic creations. The book brings together Chinese and Western sinologists and classicists, and so promotes significant interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue. Though the contributors rank among the leading experts in their fields, the essays here are accessible not only to their peers, but also to the interested ‘general reader’, and so to all those who seek a deeper understanding of Chinese and Western civilizations, their common human basis and their characteristic differences.

The Book of Songs

The Book of Songs
Author:
Publisher: New York : Grove Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1937
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

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The Book of Songs

The Book of Songs
Author: William McNaughton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1971
Genre: Patriotic music
ISBN:

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Ancient Chinese Poetry Songs

Ancient Chinese Poetry Songs
Author: David Chang
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-03-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781544801179

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Ten beautiful ancient Chinese poems accompanied by original music scores for your enjoyment.

Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China
Author: Anne Birrell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000583570

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This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrell deals systematically with problems of the earliest sources, dating, attribution, textual variants, multiforms, metre, generic title, song title and structure. This careful and thorough treatment is especially necessary for a corpus of anonymous popular texts which are often corrupt, structurally confusing, laconic and full of nonsense words and colloquialisms. Her introductory essay provides a socio-historical context for this material and charts its literary transmission, while singling out special characteristics of the genre, such as musical, oral and dramatic elements. The main text, arranged into eleven chapters plus an introduction, is supplemented by notes, appendices, maps, chronology, bibliography and index.

The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2003-04-24
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141911174

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Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.

Festivals and Songs of Ancient China

Festivals and Songs of Ancient China
Author: Marcel Granet
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2015-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317296044

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Granet’s original work delves deep into the religious and spiritual customs of ancient China by analysing their festivals and songs from the Book of Odes including the original Chinese script. This translation, originally published in 1932, aimed to present Granet’s observations to a wider English readership by omitting the Chinese characters and providing an in-depth insight into one of the most important early civilisations. This title will be of interest to students of Asian studies.

The Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns
Author: Homerus
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801879833

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A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.

Selections From The Book Of Songs

Selections From The Book Of Songs
Author: Yang Xianyi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781410215765

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The Book of Songs, the earliest anthology of poetry in China, consists of 305 songs popular between the 11th and 6th centuries BC. More than half of them are folk songs from various parts of the country, while the rest are ceremonial or festive songs sung at court or at banquets and hymns used during sacrifices to the gods or ancestors. Most of the poems, written in a simple and natural style to reflect the life and struggle, labor and love, joys and sorrows of the people in ancient times, have been highly appreciated throughout the ages and have exerted a profound influence on the development of Chinese literature. Selections from the Book of Songs includes 45 songs together with an article by Yu Guanying, an expert in this field.

HOMERIC HYMNS

HOMERIC HYMNS
Author: Andrew 1844-1912 Lang
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781374215955

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