Author: Eurydice Chen Publisher: ISBN: 9781629016481 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 128
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25 Classic Chinese poems presented in Chinese characters, English phonetic transliteration, and English interpretation all in line. Plus cultural notes on the background of each poem and an 100-word "Poem in a Nutshell" description.
Author: Xiaolong Qiu Publisher: ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 200
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Qiu Xiaolong is extravagantly qualified for translating these poems, having as a citizen of China won prizes for his own poetry and for translating T.S. Eliot and other English and American poets into Chinese and, more recently, as a citizen of the United States, won prizes for his own poetry and fiction in English. To my mind, the Changgan Song in this collection rivals Ezra Pound's justly famous, loosely translated version, The River Merchant's Wife. These renderings have a limpidity of the language and metaphor and a subtle rhythm, and Qiu has a poet's sixth sense for when (occasionally) to lift the line with a less direct and more evocative word; we are thus rescued from the flatness of some translations of early Chinese poetry. This is a generous book and a very welcome addition to the poetry of love and longing from our Significant Stranger, the Chinese nation. --Mona Van Duyn.
Author: Eurydice Chen Publisher: Sterlingreed Books ISBN: 9781735092706 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 128
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In this book we invite you into the immense and alluring world of Chinese love poetry. Hundreds of love poems from almost every era of Chinese history still exist; we have decided to present twenty-five of them to you, complete with fresh translations and line-by-line analysis. Among these twenty-five poems are some of the most beloved poems in Chinese history; others are probably familiar to few people. Our special interest is in poems that describe the full range of the experience of love, from wooing the beloved, to missing out on a hopeful connection; to the problem of distance and absence in a relationship and, finally, to losing a beloved partner much too early. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Author: Jane Portal Publisher: British Museum Press ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 104
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A selection of 40 classical and contemporary love poems, illustrated with original brushwork calligraphy and scenes from rarely exhibited paintings and prints from the British Museum.
Author: Edward Powys Mathers Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781333630027 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 68
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Excerpt from Coloured Stars: Versions of Fifty Asiatic Love Poems There is an opportunity of knowing in brilliant English translations much of the poetry Of China and Iapan, of India and Persia; and Arabic poetry is accessible; but I believe this book to be the first general English anthology Of Asiatic verse. It is haphazard, as such books must be until some polyglot scholar gives a whole life to the matter. Variety was the only aim possible in a space so small, and therefore I have selected love poems of different centuries and of both primitive and subtle peoples. If readers care to turn to Anthologie de l'amour Asz'atique, compiled by Adolphe Thalasso, the late editor of the Revue Orientale in Constantinople, they will find a full and clear study of Asia's love poetry and see also how much I owe to this erudite and stimulating authority. M. Thalasso's work first showed me beauty and interest in the songs Of almost unknown literatures. In some instances I have translated directly and only from his book, in others I have gratefully taken his direction and traced poems back to their sources. Versions, also, of some of the Chinese poems given here will be found in the incomparable Lime de jade of Mme. Iudith Gautier. Reference to the texts Of other poems is easily made at various libraries, except with regard to a dozen which Ihave personally collected. These last have not before, I think, been given a European form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Eurydice Chen
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Author: Edward Powys Mathers