Ebook {Epub PDF} 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger

 · Eliot Weinberger takes big strides across literary history in his genuinely breathtaking short work, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, tracking translations of a short ancient Chinese poem from the publication of Ezra Pound’s Cathay in to Gary Snyder’s translations in the late ’70s. This new edition from New Directions Publishing includes an addition Weinberger wrote this past year, . Eliot Weinberger’s 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei (subtitled “How a Chinese Poem is Translated”) presents Wang Wei’s famous “Deer Park” poem in 19 versions: Chinese, transliterated Chinese (Pinyin), and a word-by-word rendering, then in 16 (or so) translations with Weinberger’s comments. (The translations are primarily into English, although a Spanish version and two French versions are also /5. 8 rows ·  · Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. Eliot Weinberger. New Directions Publishing, Oct /5(2).

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. Eliot Weinberger. New Directions Publishing, - Literary Criticism - 64 pages. 2 Reviews. A new expanded edition of the classic study of translation, finally back in print. The difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a close. Wang Wei (c. ), who was known in,his lifetime as a wealthy Buddhist painter and www.doorway.rur,· and to later generations as a 'master poet in an age of masterll, the Tang Dynasty. The quatrain is from a series of twenty poems on various sights nea.r the Wang River (no relation). The poems were written as par of a mas­. Buy a cheap copy of Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: book by Octavio Paz. Nineteen different translations of a single poem with comments on each version by Eliot Weinberger and introduction contributed by Octavio Paz. Free shipping over $

Eliot Weinberger takes big strides across literary history in his genuinely breathtaking short work, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, tracking translations of a short ancient Chinese poem from the publication of Ezra Pound’s Cathay in to Gary Snyder’s translations in the late ’70s. This new edition from New Directions Publishing includes an addition Weinberger wrote this past year, covering more recent efforts by sinologists in the twenty-first century in English, French, and German. www.doorway.ru Contact. Seminary Co-op Bookstore () tom@www.doorway.ru Description. Eliot Weinberger will discuss "The Ghosts of Birds" and "19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei." Co-sponsored by CLAS and CEAS. At the Co-op. Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. Eliot Weinberger. New Directions Publishing, Oct.