Women Poets of China

Women Poets of China
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 0811208214
ISBN-13 : 9780811208215
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Book Synopsis Women Poets of China by : Kenneth Rexroth

Download or read book Women Poets of China written by Kenneth Rexroth and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1982 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The poetry proves again that stereotypes mislead. Chinese verse is supposedly cool and distant, detached and dispassionate. The opposite seems true; poets are exalted or downcast, drunk with wine or, in the case of women, frankly sensuous....Nothing stands still in this poetry: the wind blows the trees, the lake water ripples and the ever-present road runs in and out of the hills." --America

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