James Robert Hightower

James Robert Hightower ( born May 7, 1915 in Sulphur (Oklahoma ); † January 8, 2006 in Elsen at Hershey (Sauerland) ) was an American sinologist.

Since 1958 he was a professor at Harvard University.

Works (selection)

  • Han shih wai chuan: Han Ying 's illustrations of the didactic application of the Classic of songs, with annot on. transl. by James Robert Hightower ( = Harvard - Yenching Institute monograph series, 11), Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1952.; partly zugl. ( translator's cape d 1 and 2. ): Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University, Dissertation, 1950..
  • (Eds.), Han Yu 's poetic works, translated by Erwin von Zach, Cambridge, Mass. , Harvard University Press, 1952.
  • The poetry of Ta'o Ch'ien, transl. with commentary and annotation by James Robert Hightower, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1970.
  • Along with Florence Chia -ying Yeh, Studies in Chinese Poetry ( Harvard - Yenching Institute = monograph series, 47), Cambridge, Mass. / London, Harvard University Press, 1998.
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