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Sinica venetiana
Miscellanea | Linking Ancient and Contemporary
Capitolo | Voices of the Dead
Abstract
Ancient Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (365-427) and American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) both write poems on a peculiar theme: the post-death condition with the voice ‘I’ in the poems presented as already dead. This paper explores this rare theme in the two poets and analyzes their similarities and differences in this respect. Both poets are hermits, sharpening their sensitivity to life, death and the natural world. Tao’s vision of the after-death world is very certain, and forms a continuous and unified narrative, while Dickinson describes a new after-death scenario each time, highlighting her uncertainty of it. Yet, after all, these poems by Tao and Dickinson perhaps tell us more about their obsession with life, rather than death.
Presentato: 16 Luglio 2016 | Lingua: it
Keywords Death • Tao Yuanming • Emily Dickinson
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Introduction
Part 1 Pre-Modern and Modern Literature
Part 2 Contemporary Literature
Part 3 Poetry and Theatre
Part 4 Language and Political Discourse
Biographies
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秦立彦 Qin Liyan |
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Voices of the Dead. Tao Yuanming and Emily Dickinson’s Poems on Their Own Death |
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Capitolo |
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it |
dc.description.abstract |
Ancient Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (365-427) and American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) both write poems on a peculiar theme: the post-death condition with the voice ‘I’ in the poems presented as already dead. This paper explores this rare theme in the two poets and analyzes their similarities and differences in this respect. Both poets are hermits, sharpening their sensitivity to life, death and the natural world. Tao’s vision of the after-death world is very certain, and forms a continuous and unified narrative, while Dickinson describes a new after-death scenario each time, highlighting her uncertainty of it. Yet, after all, these poems by Tao and Dickinson perhaps tell us more about their obsession with life, rather than death. |
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Sinica venetiana |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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2016-09-29 |
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2016-07-16 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-098-3/voices-of-the-dead/ |
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10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-20 |
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2610-9654 |
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2610-9042 |
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978-88-6969-098-3 |
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978-88-6969-095-2 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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no |
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Death |
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Death |
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Emily Dickinson |
dc.subject |
Emily Dickinson |
dc.subject |
Tao Yuanming |
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Tao Yuanming |
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