9 min
Recent-Style Poetry: Pentasyllabic Regulated Verse - Li Bai the Poet-Immortal How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast
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This episode examines Li Bai’s self-fashioning as a free spirit or rather the creator of the universe in a poetic form seemingly ill suited for making glamorous claims. The poem discussed is not among the best known of his works but well attests to his reputation as the poet-immortal.
Host: Zong-qi Cai, Lingnan University of Hong Kong; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
English poem recital by Andrew Merritt @ Andrew Merritt (divacatrecords.com)
This episode examines Li Bai’s self-fashioning as a free spirit or rather the creator of the universe in a poetic form seemingly ill suited for making glamorous claims. The poem discussed is not among the best known of his works but well attests to his reputation as the poet-immortal.
Host: Zong-qi Cai, Lingnan University of Hong Kong; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
English poem recital by Andrew Merritt @ Andrew Merritt (divacatrecords.com)
9 min