The Late Poems of Meng Chiao:
by:
David Hinton (author)
Meng Chiao (author)
The translation is outstanding. David Hinton is simply the best translator of Chinese poetry presently working in English. This is a very intelligently selected group of poems from an important Chinese poet. Hinton reads deeply and with great sensitivity to nuance.—J.P. Seaton, University of...
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The translation is outstanding. David Hinton is simply the best translator of Chinese poetry presently working in English. This is a very intelligently selected group of poems from an important Chinese poet. Hinton reads deeply and with great sensitivity to nuance.—J.P. Seaton, University of North Carolina"David Hinton's translations, while remaining faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original, are consistently imaginative in language and effective as English poetry, and he has shown a remarkable skill in capturing the particular style and voice of the different poets he has tackled."—Burton Watson
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691012360 (0691012369)
Publish date: January 12th 1997
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 76
Edition language: English
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