The Residue of Dreams : : Selected Poems of Jao Tsung-i / / Tsung-I Jao.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Jao, Tsung-I,
• MitwirkendeR: Williams, Nicholas Morrow,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.) :; 12 color plates
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Prefatory Note --; List of Illustrations --; Introduction --; I Taking Refuge --; II Western Parallels --; III Eastern Visions --; IV Storms --; V Two Rhyme-Matching Sets --; VI Alone --; VII On Painting --; VIII The Sound of the Qin --; IX On Poetry --; X On Scholarship --; XI Dreams --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781942242826; 9783110667493
• DOI: 10.1515/9781942242826
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tsung-I Jao.

The Residue of Dreams is the first English-language publication of the classical-style poems of Jao Tsung-i (b. 1917), a prominent artist-calligrapher, scholar-poet, and polymath living in Hong Kong. Jao's poems in various traditional forms reflect the tumultuous history of twentieth-century China, but also demonstrate the enduring resonance of its classical culture. The Residue of Dreams contains a broad-ranging selection of Jao's poems covering topics from the Second World War and his travels in Southeast Asia, to Nietzsche and the scribes of medieval Dunhuang. The poems give a vivid impression of one of the most erudite minds of our time, and show a new side of contemporary Chinese literature that has mostly been overlooked in English-language publications. All poems are presented both in the original Chinese text and in English translation, accompanied by scholarly notes with identification of many of Jao's allusions and cultural references. The introduction places Jao's poetry in the context of modern Chinese literary studies and elucidates its cultural background for general readers.