The Selected Poems of Tu Fu Dior J. Stephens Marjorie Welish

Marjorie Welish

to what “catches in the throat

and text are neither one thing nor another

a catalog of contemporary folk heroes

The Selected Poems of Tu Fu Dior J. Stephens Marjorie WelishTu Fu, translation David Hinton A new and substantially expanded version of Hintons landmark translation of Tu Fu, published on the thirtieth anniversary of that original edition. Tu Fu (712770 C. E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hintons original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in America. Most of Tu Fus best poems were written in the last decade of his life, as