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19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

Eliot Weinberger

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The difficulty of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty—from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth’s loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, “Eliot Weinberger’s commentary on the successive translations of Wang Wei’s little poem illustrates, with succinct clarity, not only the evolution of the art of translation in the modern period but at the same time the changes in poetic sensibility.”

Language: English

Pages: 60

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Asphodel

Release: May 06, 1995

ISBN: 0918825148

ISBN 13: 9780918825148

19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

Eliot Weinberger

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The difficulty of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty—from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth’s loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, “Eliot Weinberger’s commentary on the successive translations of Wang Wei’s little poem illustrates, with succinct clarity, not only the evolution of the art of translation in the modern period but at the same time the changes in poetic sensibility.”

Language: English

Pages: 60

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Asphodel

Release: May 06, 1995

ISBN: 0918825148

ISBN 13: 9780918825148

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