The Selected Poems of Li Po - Couverture souple

Hinton, David; Li, Bai; Po, Li

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811213234 ISBN 13 : 9780811213233

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1996

Synopsis

There is a set-phrase in Chinese referring to the phenomenon of Li Po: "Winds of the immortals, bones of the Tao." He moved through this world with an unearthly freedom from attachment, and at the same time belonged profoundly to the earth and its process of change. However ethereal in spirit, his poems remain grounded in the everyday experience we all share. He wrote 1200 years ago, half a world away, but in his poems we see our world transformed. Legendary friends in eighth-century T'ang China, Li Po and Tu Fu are traditionally celebrated as the two greatest poets in the Chinese canon. David Hinton's translation of Li Po's poems is no less an achievement than his critically acclaimed The Selected Poems of Tu Fu, also published by New Directions. By reflecting the ambiguity and density of the original, Hinton continues to create compelling English poems that alter our conception of Chinese poetry.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID HINTON's original Selected Poems of Tu Fu was the first full-length verse translation of Tu Fu published in America. The author also of singular books of essays and poetry, Hinton has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous N.E.A. and N.E.H fellowships, both major awards given for poetry translation in the United States, and a lifetime achievement award by The American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811213234
• ISBN 13: 9780811213233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 134
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• Personne responsable: non disponible