Cathay: Centennial Edition

Cathay: Centennial Edition

The centennial edition of Ezra Pound's early poetic masterpieceâ€•in a handsome facsimile edition.
First published in 1915, Cathay, Ezra Poundâ€™s early monumental work, originally contained fourteen translations from the Chinese and a translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem â€œThe Seafarer.â€ Over time, these poems have been widely read and loved as both translations and original poetry. In 1916, Cathay was reprinted in the book Lustra without â€œThe Seafarerâ€ and with four more Chinese poems. Cathay is greatly indebted to the notes of a Harvard-trained scholar Ernest Fenollosa. â€œIn Fenollosaâ€™s Chinese poetry materials,â€ Pound scholar Zhaoming Qian writes, â€œPound discovered a new model that at once mirrored and challenged his developing poetics.â€ Edited by Qian, this centennial edition reproduces for the first time the text of the original publication plus the poems from Lustra and transcripts of all the relevant Fenollosa notes and Chinese texts. Also included is a new foreword by Ezra Poundâ€™s daughter Mary de Rachewiltz, providing an appreciation and fascinating background material on this pivotal work of Poundâ€™s oeuvre.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811223522
ReleaseDate 2016-01-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811223522

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