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The New Directions Anthology Of Classic
Eliot Weinberger (Ed.)
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Description for The New Directions Anthology Of Classic
paperback. Translator(s): Williams, William Carlos. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
A groundbreaking anthology of classical Chinese translations by giants of Modern American poetry. A rich compendium of translations, The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry is the first collection to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry. Weinberger begins with Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915), and includes translations by three other major U.S. poetsWilliam Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyderand an important poet-translator-scholar, David Hinton, all of whom have long been associated with New Directions. Moreover, it is the first general anthology ever to consider the process of translation by presenting different versions of the same ... Read more
A groundbreaking anthology of classical Chinese translations by giants of Modern American poetry. A rich compendium of translations, The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry is the first collection to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry. Weinberger begins with Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915), and includes translations by three other major U.S. poetsWilliam Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyderand an important poet-translator-scholar, David Hinton, all of whom have long been associated with New Directions. Moreover, it is the first general anthology ever to consider the process of translation by presenting different versions of the same ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New Directions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811216050
SKU
9780811216050
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About Eliot Weinberger (Ed.)
Eliot Weinberger’s books of literary essays include Karmic Traces, An Elemental Thing, The Ghosts of Birds, and Angels & Saints. His political writings are collected in What I Heard About Iraq and What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles. The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, he is a translator of the poetry ... Read more
Reviews for The New Directions Anthology Of Classic
"A lonely polymath upholding American modernism from his apartment."
Ratik Asokan - The Hindu
Ratik Asokan - The Hindu