Pre-Owned Cloud Gate Song : The Verse of Tang Poet Zhang Ji 9781891640445 Used

*First book of Zhng Ji (c.766 - 830), a major poet of the Tang dynasty, in any Western languageZhang Ji was a friend and poetic correspondent of such giants as Bai Juyi and Han Yu. In this book, three hundred poems are rendered in accurate, readable translation, demonstrating the remarkable range of Zhang's stylistic choices: from atmospheric landscape quatrains, evoking vast scenes with just a few brilliantly chosen words, to folk-style "Music Bureau" poems, conjuring up the impact on ordinary people of great historical events, such as the Tibetan invasions of China that took place during Zhang's lifetime. Particularly unusual is that for the first time, the works of a major Chinese poet are rendered in rhymed, or half-rhymed translations, tracking the original rhyme-schemes that play such an important role in Chinese poetics. An in-depth introduction by Professor Chaves analyzes the two reasons, linguistic and stylistic, previous translators have tended to avoid rhyme in their English versions, and shows why both barriers can and should be overcome. He further places his translations in the context of the important Neo-formalist movement in contemporary American poetry.Jonathan Chaves is professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literature at The George Washington University. A renowned translator and scholar of Chinese poetry, his work has won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, and been nominated for the National Book Award in the translation category. He is also a published original poet. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket may not be included, minimal wear to binding, most of the pages undamaged(e.g., minimal creases or tears), highlighting / underlining acceptable on books as long as the text is readable and markings are not excessive, no missing pages. May be a former library book, with usual treatments(e.g., mylar covers, call stickers, stamps, card pockets, barcodes, or remainder marks). Extra components, such as CDs, DVDs, figurines, or access codes are not included. ISBN: 9781891640445 ISBN10: 1891640445 Contributors: Chaves, Jonathan,