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2011: Paula Varsano on Ancient Chinese Poetry

Recorded At: Recorded On: Thursday, October 13, 2011

East Asian Literature Scholar and translator Paula Varsano discusses the different formal innovations and themes in Classical Chinese Poetry, with special discussion of the work of the great poets of the Tang and Sung Dynasties Li Po, Tu Fu and Wang Wei, as part of a series of programs celebrating Poets House’s 25th Anniversary tracing the history of poetry from Gilgamesh to The Beats
(Full Audio, approx 90 mins)