Chinese New Poetry

Author: Chang Li
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: In today's world where the of poetry has lost its sacred halo, it is believed that many friends who love new poetry, like us, still cherish the glory it once possessed. In the century that has just passed, Chinese new poetry once moved the hearts of countless Chinese people with its keen sense of the times and profound sense of historical responsibility. This book compares and contrasts ancient and modern, Chinese and Western, and traces the development of new poetry over the past century. With the main thread being the emergence and development of various poetic schools in the 20th century, and with outstanding poets and poems as the center, it strives to authentically present the state of poetic art during this period for the readers. Despite the busyness of the mortal world, we are always willing to reiterate, "Full of toil, but man dwells poetically on this earth."