Ideograms in China

Ideograms in China
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 0811214907
ISBN-13 : 9780811214902
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Book Synopsis Ideograms in China by : Henri Michaux

Download or read book Ideograms in China written by Henri Michaux and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously available only as a limited editon, Henri Michaux's Ideograms in China is now available as a New Directions paperback. Peerlessly translated by the American poet Gustaf Sobin, this long, beautifully illustrated and annotated prose poem was originally written as an introduction to Leon Chang's La calligraphie chinoise (1971), a work that now stands as an important complement to Pound and Ernest Fenollosa's classic study, The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry.


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