Jade Ladder: Contemporary Chinese Poetry

by W. N. Herbert

This anthology is the record of a revolution in Chinese poetry. As the Cultural Revolution gave way to the post-Mao era - years of political turmoil, economic boom and the return of Hong Kong - the present period has been one of extraordinary and deeply problematic growth. Chinese poets, driven by alienation, trauma and exile, have responded with one of the most thorough and exciting experiments in world poetry. Jade Ladder shows authoritatively for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852248955
• ISBN13: 9781852248956
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"