Using The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry in the Classroom
TRANSLATED ANDEDITED BY J. P. SEATON
BOSTON: SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS, 2006
272 PAGES, ISBN: 978-1570628627, PAPERBACK
For The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry, Professor J.P. Seaton draws upon a lifetime of translating and teaching Chinese philosophical classics as well as off-beat poets who prefer as an artistic subject “a rat, with some scurry left in him” to “elegant dragons” (207). In his introduction and notes, Seaton’s high regard for teaching and for Chinese poetry is e...