Women Poets of China edited by Kenneth Rexroth & Ling Chung [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1982 • New Directions

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Women Poets of China edited by Kenneth Rexroth & Ling Chung

FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK PRINTING [1982] NEW DIRECTIONS

Vintage trade paperback in very good condition. Clean, tight copy.

Some tanning and a few age spots to cover. Reads like new. Bright white unmarked pages.

This book (originally published in 1972 by The Seabury Press as The Orchid Boat ) is the first representative collection of the poetry of Chinese women to appear in English. Unlike Japan with its long tradition of women writers, poetry by women did not become fashionable in China until the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911), although poems from earlier centuries that do in fact survive will quickly dispel any stereotyped views.

Included here are samplings from the legendary earliest poetry of courtesans, palace women, and Tao priestesses to works by contemporary Chinese women living in both the East and West. Appendixes include notes on the poems, an introductory essay on Chinese women and literature, a table of historical periods, and a bibliography.