The Late Poems of Meng Chiao
Chiao, Meng / Hinton, David![The Late Poems of Meng Chiao](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/203/20391441/CHSBZCOP0320391441.jpg)
Late in life, Meng Chiao (A.D. 751--814) developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the modern Western tradition by a millennium. With the T'ang Dynasty crumbling, Meng's later work employed surrealist and symbolist techniques as it turned to a deep introspection. This is truly major work-- work that may be the most radical in the Chinese tradition. And though written more than a th...