Study of Sorrow (eBook)

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2025
179 Seiten
Copper Canyon Press (Verlag)
978-1-61932-319-3 (ISBN)

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In Study of Sorrows,Shangyang Fang breathes contemporary life into the poems of twenty-nine Song Dynasty Ci poets.For many years, Song Dynasty Ci poetry has seemed eclipsed by the incandescence of Tang Poetry in the English-speaking world. In Study of Sorrows, Shangyang Fang aims to bridge this gap, translating the works of twenty-nine Song Dynasty poets, many of whom are introduced to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Collated into seven parts, these poems move through grief, love, and longing, exploring the tension and connection between the material and immaterial world. Unlike traditional scholarly translations, these renditions represent the translators endeavor to breathe contemporary life into ancient poems, including revisions of the original text, experimentations, and even rewrites. A beautiful conversation between these poets and their translator unfolds. Shangyang masterfully navigates the irregularity of the lines, the elusiveness of the descriptions, the indirect approach to subjects, the precise musicality, the twisting language, and the unspeakable tenderness. As investigated here, sorrow is transformed from a mere individual sadness to a collective experience that spans time, people, and place.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2025
• Übersetzer: Shangyang Fang
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Ancient poetry • author of burying the mountain • bilingual chinese poetry • chinese anthology • chinese poet • Chinese poetry • chinese poetry anthology • chinese translation by chinese poet • chinese women poets in translation • chinese works in translation • ci dynasty poetry • ci song poetry • ci song poetry translation • classical chinese poetry • Classical poetry • poetry anthology in translation • poets from chengdu • Shangyang Fang • works in translation
• ISBN-10: 1-61932-319-2 / 1619323192
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61932-319-3 / 9781619323193