Beyond chrysanthemums : perspectives on poetry East and West
1993, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #409355
ISBN: 0198151659
Physical description: xii, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Introduction: Writing in Other Languages -- I. Lyra Minima: Structure, Style, and Symbol in Traditional Verse. 1. A Minimalist Poetics. 2. Golden Lamps in a Green Night. 3. Structure, Style, and Symbol -- II. Strange Islands, Gardens of Desire. 4. Insulas extranas. 5. The Isle of Venus (Iconography of an Archetype) -- III. The Horizons of Silence. 6. Limits and Thresholds. 7. Beyond Chrysanthemums. Subjects: Poetry History and criticism; Poetics; Myth in literature; East and West in literature; Comparative literature; Symbolism.
Price: €60.00