Modern Chinese Literature Masterpieces Series -- Yu Dafu's Poetic and Prose Masterpieces

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Yu Dafu's prose takes diverse forms, including sketches, letters, travelogues, essays, diary-style works, and biographical pieces. These prose works share a unified and distinctly unique artistic style—characterized by a more direct and vividly personal narrative quality than novels, conveying a strong, individual voice. Each piece brims with poetic resonance, filled with passionate, rich, and fresh emotions, openly and unreservedly portraying the troubled mind of a talented intellectual in a turbulent society. This collection includes over 180 of Yu Dafu's poems and 47 essays. Most of his poems are classical Chinese verse, with many outstanding works among them. These classical poems are grand and magnificent, with lines that shine like jewels, embodying the charm of traditional Chinese poetry while also pulsating with the vibrant spirit of modern life. This has earned Yu Dafu a renowned and enviable poetic reputation in modern literature, a rare phenomenon in the history of 20th-century Chinese literature. The collection features works such as "Autumn Stay at Shinagawa Inn," "Early Autumn in a Guest House," "Dreaming of an Old Acquaintance," "Lingering Thoughts on Jinling," and "Viewing Osmanthus Flowers in Hakuju Park on the Double Ninth Festival."