Crossing the Yellow River: Three Hundred Poems from the Chinese
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0981675298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copper Canyon later joined with the nonprofit arts organization Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington. Hamill was editor-printer for the press from 1972 until 2004. Hamill has also published several collections of essays and numerous translations. Sam Hamill is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including Destination Z
Stephen McLeod said An Embarassment of Riches. Here are "An Embarassment of Riches" according to Stephen McLeod. Here are 270 pages of the most sublimely beautiful poems in English that I have ever read. Sam Hamill has brought us one step closer to the music of an ancient and culturally distant aesthetic that, until the modernist revolution of the last century, was closed to English speakin. 70 pages of the most sublimely beautiful poems in English that I have ever read. Sam Hamill has brought us one step closer to the music of an ancient and culturally distant aesthetic that, until the modernist revolution of the last century, was closed to English speakin. As Good as it Gets These translations are about as good as any I have read, and I have read quite a few.I find Hamill's translations to be better than Burton Watson's who is regarded as one of the best.Most of the poems are from the earliest period to 1300 AD.All the major poets are covered.Hamill . A Customer said One of the best. The first book, after Rexroth, of Chinese poems I ever read from cover to cover in one sitting, for the pure joy of it, was Sam Hamill's first book of translations. Crossing the Yellow River is simply more and better, as far as I'm concerned. Great reading.
by Tu Fu Dreaming Of Li Po: 2. Love Song by Ch'iao Chi Farewell Song by Ch'in Kuan From A Dream by Ch'in Kuan Sleepless by Ch'in Kuan Song by Ch'in Kuan Elegy by Chang Chi At Waterfall Temple by Chang K'o-chiu Year's End by Chang K'o-chiu T'ung Pass by Chang Yang-hao Lament by Cho Wen-chun Peach Blossom Stream by Chou Pang-yen To An Ancient Tune by Chu Tun-ju Watching A Lonely Wild Goose At Nightfall by Hsiao Kang Climbing Stone Drum Mountain by Hsieh Ling-yun Crossing The Mou
It is one of the essential works of our time."—Jim Harrison. This is a new and revised edition, originally published by BOA Editions in 2000. "In Crossing the Yellow River, Sam Hamill remaps Chinese poetry for our time. Poetry. Translation. Anyone who writes poetry, or who cares about it, must have this book. East Asia Studies