The fate of poets like Li Shang-yin, who are labeled “medieval,” is never to be modern. Critics both ancient and modern read them within a perspective they call “medieval” and will not allow these poets the freedo...The fate of poets like Li Shang-yin, who are labeled “medieval,” is never to be modern. Critics both ancient and modern read them within a perspective they call “medieval” and will not allow these poets the freedom of expression which is rightly theirs and which qualifies them as baroque and, hence, “modern.” In the paper I examine the case of Li Shang-yin and what makes him not only a great baroque poet, but also a great modern poet.展开更多
The issue of the poetry of Li Shang-yin and the Baroque is not yet settled since various critical attempts have not proven sufficiently satisfactory to justify a definition of his poetry as Baroque.The main difficulty...The issue of the poetry of Li Shang-yin and the Baroque is not yet settled since various critical attempts have not proven sufficiently satisfactory to justify a definition of his poetry as Baroque.The main difficulty stems from the attempt to read his poetry symbolically rather than allegorically,which is the poetic mode characteristic of Baroque poetry.This is what this paper attempts to do with a reading of“Chin-se”(“The Ornamented Zither”).展开更多
In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form o...In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form of emulating his poetry.It also shows its impossibility,which is expressed in the form of unfulfilled longing.This awareness is what defines the modernity of Li Bai's poetry.展开更多
文摘The fate of poets like Li Shang-yin, who are labeled “medieval,” is never to be modern. Critics both ancient and modern read them within a perspective they call “medieval” and will not allow these poets the freedom of expression which is rightly theirs and which qualifies them as baroque and, hence, “modern.” In the paper I examine the case of Li Shang-yin and what makes him not only a great baroque poet, but also a great modern poet.
文摘The issue of the poetry of Li Shang-yin and the Baroque is not yet settled since various critical attempts have not proven sufficiently satisfactory to justify a definition of his poetry as Baroque.The main difficulty stems from the attempt to read his poetry symbolically rather than allegorically,which is the poetic mode characteristic of Baroque poetry.This is what this paper attempts to do with a reading of“Chin-se”(“The Ornamented Zither”).
文摘In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form of emulating his poetry.It also shows its impossibility,which is expressed in the form of unfulfilled longing.This awareness is what defines the modernity of Li Bai's poetry.
