{"product_id":"nineteen-ways-of-looking-at-wang-wei-paperback","title":"Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliot Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOctavio Paz\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in \u003cem\u003eNineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei\u003c\/em\u003e, a close reading of different translations of a single poem from the Tang Dynasty--from a transliteration to Kenneth Rexroth's loose interpretation. As Octavio Paz writes in the afterword, \"Eliot Weinberger's commentary on the successive translations of Wang Wei's little poem illustrates, with succinct clarity, not only the evolution of the art of translation in the modern period but at the same time the changes in poetic sensibility.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757731316000,"sku":"9780811226202","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/563cc3c7a371feb76b52edd3dfd83f47.webp?v=1780110358","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nineteen-ways-of-looking-at-wang-wei-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}