More Translations from the Chinese
by Arthur Waley
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There have been many translators of Chinese literature and poetry over time, but Arthur Waley stands out as one of the best known and most loved. This is perhaps because he had an attribute that most others lacked, which is his poetic abilities. Waley was as much a poet himself as a translator, and while his scholarly erudition was matched by a few others at his time, none ever managed to bring out the true character of Chinese poetry quite so well.Tags
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Sleeper book of translations that span a poet's life, has a 'narrative thread' that I'm sure Waley meant for but the book itself and the poetry is enrapturing.
Sleeper book of translations that span a poet's life, has a 'narrative thread' that I'm sure Waley meant for but the book itself and the poetry is enrapturing.
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Arthur Waley (1889-1966) is highly regarded for his many translations of Chinese & Japanese literature. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Poetry, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 811 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry
- LCC
- PL3277 .E3 .W45 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
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