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The Poetry and Career of LI Po, 701-762 A. D by Waley, Arthur - 1950

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The Poetry and Career of LI Po, 701-762 A. D

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EB: MacMillan Co. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. George Allen and Unwin, London, UK. 1969. X, 124 pages. Ethical and Religious Classics of East and West, No. 3. Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titles. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It was unheard of in the Tang Dynasty for a famous poet born in the governing class to hold no official government position. But such was the situation with Li Po. No one dared give him a job. He was simply too perpetually drunk. A friend called Li Po a Banished Immortal, that is, an Immortal who'd been thrown out of Taoist Heaven and sent back to Earth for bad behavior. This was a useful way in those times to explain a brilliant reprobate. Arthur Waley draws us into the charmed circle of Li Po's friends. The flashing eyes and magnetic personality of the poet come alive in these pages. We follow his drunken wanderings through desolate mountains and ravines, his riotous visits to friends with two singing-girls in tow, his reclusive years with the Master of the Eastern Cliff, his four successive marriages and his brief journey into political exile, with lots of partying on the way. Interspersed with his adventures are Waley's translations of his poetry, which seem wonderful to me. Li Po abandons himself to the beauty of untamed nature, the vagaries of existence and the joyous oblivion of wine - and speaks to us of all this in a totally original voice. EB; Ethical And Religious Classics Of East And West; 7.2 X 4.9 X 0.7 inches; 123 pages .
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  • Publisher MacMillan Co
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  • Date Published 1950

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George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. Second Impression. 123 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with a lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.
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1958. 1958 Waley, Arthur THE POETRY AND CAREER OF LIPO 701-762 AD London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, c1958 123pp index sm 8vo Fine copy in lightly soiled d/w.
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