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Old Friend from Far Away: One Hundred and Fifty Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties (edition 1980)

by Kwock

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Title:Old Friend from Far Away: One Hundred and Fifty Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties
Authors:Kwock
Info:North Point Pr (1980), Paperback, 224 pages
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Old Friend from Far Away: One Hundred and Fifty Chinese Poems from the Great Dynasties by Kwock

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Includes an interesting dialog on translating Chinese poetry as well as the translated poems. The translations are very like modern American free verse in form, but do convey vivid specific images well. ( )
  antiquary | Nov 14, 2007 |
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895.1Literature › Literature of other languages › Asian (east and south east) languages › Chinese

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PL2658.E3Language and Literature › Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania › Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania › Chinese language and literature › Chinese literature › Collections

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