Poetry of Chang Yao (Blue Star Poetry Library)

Author: Chang Yao
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Publish Date: 1998-12-01
Features: The folk nature revealed in Chang Yao's poetry's alienation from the mainstream poetic scene, the unique primal instinct nature of his life insights, the rustic and natural nature of his imagery, and the heavy and primal nature of his linguistic rhythms were all initially manifested in his early poems, and some aspects had already shown remarkable maturity. Recognizing this point is beneficial for further understanding Chang Yao's poetry as a whole. Chang Yao began publishing his works in 1954, but he truly gained widespread attention after the 1980s. Published poetry collections include Chang Yao's Lyric Poetry Collection, The Journey of Emotion, The Structure of Nightmare, and others. As a "great poet of the Chinese New Poetry Movement," Chang Yao is not only renowned for his "greatness" but also for his "uniqueness"—his distinctive artistic creation—standing out prominently in the history of Chinese new poetry. "Chang Yao built a western plateau with his poetry," thus making himself the "only first-generation poet who grew up alongside the New China, alongside the second and third generations," and "in the same process as contemporary young avant-garde poets," engaging in "struggles and sprints." And this struggle and sprint "is not a simple identification with or transcendence of avant-garde poetry; hes with his own artistic experience and spiritual orientation on the path where he converges with the artistic avant-garde of his time."