An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleventh through the Twentieth Centuries
This scholarly and very readable translation of over 300 poems from about 150 poets is loosely divided into nine chapters. It starts with the Chinese influence of early poems ("Vietnam and China," "The Buddhist Ethos") and moves on to Vietnam's relations with the West, principally France and the United States. Although readers may not appreciate the intricacies of classic poetic form, the themes are universal: war, peace, love, and time. Huynh, the best-known translator of Vietnamese poetry and winner of a MacArthur fellowship, supplies useful notes for these superb translations that make the poems very accessible and truly beautiful. Highly recommended for Asian collections.?Kitty Chen Dean, Nassau Coll., Garden City, N.Y.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.