Twenty-Nine Goodbyes

An Introduction to Chinese Poetry

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<p><b>An engrossing, witty introduction to classical Chinese poetry through twenty-nine translations of a single poem</b></p>"Critically acute and compulsively readable, <i>Twenty-Nine Goodbyes</i> offers an illuminating introduction to Chinese poetry and poetics through the shifting lens of translation. Billings's 'cubist collage' of renderings of a famous parting poem by Li Bai is equally a meditation on the challenges--and the pleasures--of translating the untranslatable, all conveyed in a vibrant, colloquial teacherly voice. Readers will close this book with a sense of parting from a newly found old friend."--<b>David Damrosch</b>, author of <i>Around the World in 80 Books</i> "Timothy Billings's introduction to Chinese poetry through twenty-nine reinventions of a single Li Bai poem is a tour de force of literary analysis, multilingual erudition, and the blended pleasures and frustrations of reading poetry in translation. This lively, accessible, and often funny introduction will enlighten newcomers and scholars alike."--<b>Anna Shields</b>, Princeton University "More than just an excellent primer in classical Chinese poetry (which it is), <i>Twenty-Nine Goodbyes</i> shows how Chinese poetry and Anglo-American poetic traditions intertwine. Bristling with detail and poetic insight, the book shows what it means to translate between languages and traditions, and more importantly, what it means to make poetry. A gem of a book."--<b>Ming Xie</b>, University of Toronto "A great and important and very much needed book"--<b>Eric Hayot</b>, author of <i>Humanist Reason: A History. An Argument. A Plan</i> <br>&gt;A primer for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese, this book introduces readers to the fundamentals of classical Chinese poetry through twenty-nine ways of understanding a single poem. "Seeing Off a Friend," by the great Tang poet Li Bai (701-762) has long been praised for its vividness, subtlety, and poignancy. Anthologizing twenty-nine translations of th

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781531508357

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

209 x 136 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Fordham University Press