Synopsis
Wang Wei (701-761 AD) is often spoken of, with his contemporaries Li Po and Tu Fu, as one of the three greatest poets in China's 3,000-year poetic history. He was the consummate master of the short imagistic landscape poem that came to typify classical Chinese poetry, with poems of resounding tranquillity whose style and substance can be traced to his practice of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. But in spite of this philosophical depth, Wang is not a difficult poet. He may in fact be the most immediately appealing of China's great poets, and in Hinton's masterful translations he sounds utterly contemporary.
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David Hinton's translations have earned wide acclaim for recreating the classical Chinese tradition as compelling contemporary poetry. His many honours include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. As William Mullen wrote in 'The New York Sun', Mr. Hinton has established himself as the premier Chinese translator of our generation - He is a national treasureA". Anvil has also published his selections of the T'ang Dynasty poets Li Po, Tu Fu and Po Chu-i, and 'Mountain Home', his anthology of Chinese wilderness poetry.
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The Selected Poems of Wang Wei (Poetica 39) translated by David Hinton
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Anvil Press Poetry, 2009
ISBN 10: 0856464155
ISBN 13: 9780856464157
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Anvil Press in 2009, here is the first UK softback printing of The Selected Poems of Wang Wei (Poetica 39) translated by David Hinton. Green glossy pictorial card covers, 116 pages the book is in near fine condition with a modicum of shelf wear to the card covers. Seller Inventory # 15420