Spring essence
Subtitle: the poetry of Hò̂ Xuân Hương
By: edited and translated by John Balaban
Contributors: Balaban, John, 1943-
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Port Townsend, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781556591488
Subjects: Vietnamese poetry; Translations into English
Notes: Translated from the original Nôm script.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-133).
Table of contents: title: ca dao  -- John Balaban; title: Introduction --; title: Autumn Landscape --; title: Confession (I) --; title: Offering Betel --; title: Confession (II) --; title: Lament for the Prefect on Vinh-Tuong --; title: Lament for Commissioner Coc --; title: Confession (III) --; title: The Floating Cake --; title: On Sharing a Husband --; title: Jackfruit --; title: River Snail --; title: Tavern by a Mountain Stream --; title: Teasing Chieu-Ho --; title: Chieu-Ho's Reply --; title: Three-Mountain Pass --; title: Weaving at Night --; title: On a Portrait of Two Beauties --; title: The Unwed Mother --; title: Swinging --; title: Male Member --; title: Girl without a Sex --; title: The Paper Fan --; title: Picking Flowers --; title: The Wellspring --; title: Cats --; title: Consoling a Young Widow --; title: The Pharmacist's Widow Mourns His Death --; title: The Condition of Women --; title: Village Schoolmaster --; title: The Retired Doctor --; title: Young Scholars --; title: Quan Su Pagoda --; title: Buddhist Nun --; title: The Lustful Monk --; title: Old Pagoda --; title: Viewing Cac-Co Cavern --; title: Mocking a Monk --; title: Tran Quoc Temple --; title: At the Chinese General's Tomb --; title: Rusty Coins --; title: The Scarecrow --; title: The Crab --; title: Unwelcome Houseguest --; title: The Kingdom of Dang