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Lucas Bender considers Du Fu's pivotal role in the transformation of Chinese poetic understanding over the last millennium. Du Fu anticipated important philosophical transitions from the late-medieval into the early-modern period and laid the template for a new and perduring paradigm of poetry's relationship to ethics.

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Informative and insightful, with articulate arguments and nuanced explications. …In this day and age, it takes tremendous courage, assiduous scholarship, and fresh thinking to write an excellent book on Du Fu’s poetry. Bender’s is one such book. -- Xiaoshan Yang * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
A well-researched, beautifully executed work, Bender’s book has succeeded in unfolding an innovative and complex narrative of Du Fu’s transformation… [A] valuable and timely contribution to our understanding of this iconic poet, inviting students of traditional Chinese poetry and literature to further explore the perennial and dynamic tension between tradition and the individual talent. -- Ji Hao * Tang Studies *

Du Fu Transforms

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      Publisher Harvard University, Asia Center
      Published 30 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780674260177
      978-0674260177
      ISBN-10 0674260171
      Also in:
      Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lucas Bender considers Du Fu's pivotal role in the transformation of Chinese poetic understanding over the last millennium. Du Fu anticipated important philosophical transitions from the late-medieval into the early-modern period and laid the template for a new and perduring paradigm of poetry's relationship to ethics.

      Trade Review
      Informative and insightful, with articulate arguments and nuanced explications. …In this day and age, it takes tremendous courage, assiduous scholarship, and fresh thinking to write an excellent book on Du Fu’s poetry. Bender’s is one such book. -- Xiaoshan Yang * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
      A well-researched, beautifully executed work, Bender’s book has succeeded in unfolding an innovative and complex narrative of Du Fu’s transformation… [A] valuable and timely contribution to our understanding of this iconic poet, inviting students of traditional Chinese poetry and literature to further explore the perennial and dynamic tension between tradition and the individual talent. -- Ji Hao * Tang Studies *

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