The poem behind the poem
Subtitle: translating Asian poetry
By: edited by Frank Stewart.
Contributors: Stewart, Frank, 1946-
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Port Townsend, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Poetry -- Translations into English.; Poetry -- Asian authors.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Translating Asian poetry
Description: "This anthology - the first of its kind - gathers essays, poems-in-translation, and worksheets from noted translators who discuss their methods, their muses, and the forces of imagination necessary to bring a poem from one language into another. Languages discussed include Chinese (ancient and modern), Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Khmer, and Sanskrit. The twenty-two contributors include John Balaban, Willis Barnstone, Jane Hirshfield, Sam Hamill, W. S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, and Arthur Sze."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Kage-an book."