Taiwan has evolved dramatically from a little-known island to an internationally acclaimed economic miracle and thriving democracy. The history of modern Taiwanese poetry parallels and tells the story of this transformation from periphery to frontier. Containing translations of nearly 400 poems from 50 poets spanning the entire twentieth century, this anthology reveals Taiwan in a broad spectrum of themes, forms, and styles: from lyrical meditation to political satire, haiku to concrete poetry, surrealism to postmodernism. The in-depth introduction outlines the development of modern poetry in the unique historical and cultural context of Taiwan. Comprehensive in both depth and scope, Frontier Taiwan beautifully captures the achievements of the nation's modern poetic traditions.
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation
- Map of Taiwan
- Frontier Taiwan: An Introduction
- YANG HUA (1906-36)
- YANG CHICHANG (1908-94)
- QIN ZIHAO (1912-63)
- JI XIAN (1913- )
- CHEN XIUXI (1921-91)
- ZHAN BING (1921- )
- ZHOU MENGDIE (1921- )
- HUAN FU (1922- )
- LIN HENGTAI (1924- )
- DU PAN FANGGE (1927- )
- LUO FU (1928- )
- LUO MEN (1928- )
- RONGZI (1928- )
- XIANG MING (1928- )
- YU GUANGZHONG (1928- )
- GUAN GUAN (1929- )
- SHANG QIN (1930- )
- ZHANG MO (1931- )
- YA XIAN (1932- )
- XIN YU (1933- )
- ZHENG CHOUYU (1933- )
- BAI QIU (1937- )
- YE WEILIAN (1937- )
- LIN LING (1938- )
- XIONG HONG (1940- )
- YANG MU (1940- )
- ZHANG CUP (1943- )
- WU SHENG (1944- )
- LI MINYONG (1947- )
- LUO QING (1948- )
- SU SHAOLIAN (1949- )
- JIAN ZHENGZHEN (1950- )
- BAI LING (1951- )
- LING YU (1952- )
- CHEN YIZHI (1953- )
- DU YE (1953- )
- CHEN LI (1954- )
- YANG ZE (1954- )
- LUO ZHICHENG (1955- )
- XIANG YANG (1955- )
- JIAO TONG (1956- )
- XIA YU (1956- )
- LIN YU (1957- )
- LIU KEXIANG (1957- )
- SUN WEIMIN (1959- )
- CHEN KEHUA (1961- )
- WALIS NOKAN (1961- )
- LIN YAODE (1962-96)
- HONG HONG (1964- )
- XU HUIZHI (1966- )
- Notes on the Contributors
- Select Bibliography in English
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