Shi: A Radical Reading of Chinese Poetry

by Yunte Huang

Shi is not an attempt to grasp the "essence" of Chinese poetry, nor is it an endeavor to produce an over-polished version of English that claims aesthetic superiority over other works in the same field. It grapples rather with the nature of translation and poetry, and explores poetic issues from the perspective of translation and translation issues from the perspective of poetry through multiple views of each translation. With its agenda...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093780472X
• ISBN13: 9780937804728
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Roof Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.3" x 6.0"