New Directions Anthology Of Classical Chinese Poetry

Author: Weinberger Eliot

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  • : $22.95 AUD
  • : 9780811216050
  • : W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
  • : New Directions Publishing Corporation
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  • : January 2005
  • : 226mm X 152mm X 20mm
  • : United States
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  • : Weinberger Eliot
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : English
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  • : 256
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Barcode 9780811216050
9780811216050

Description

The first general anthology ever to consider the process of translation by presenting different versions of the same poem by various translators, as well as examples of the translators rewriting themselves. The collection, serves as an introduction to the art and tradition of Chinese poetry.

Author description

Eliot Weinberger is an essayist and translator, the editor of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, and the series editor of Calligrams: Writings from and on China (New York Review Books and Chinese University of Hong Kong Press). He lives in New York City.