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Study of Sorrow: Translations

Study of Sorrow: Translations

Fang, Shangyang

Paperback

Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $22.00

ISBN10: 1556597177
ISBN13: 9781556597176
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: Oct 7 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In Study of Sorrow, Shangyang Fang breathes contemporary life into the poems of twenty-nine Song Dynasty Ci poets.

For many years, Song Dynasty Ci poetry has seemed eclipsed by the incandescence of Tang Poetry in the English-speaking world. In Study of Sorrow, Shangyang Fang aims to bridge this gap, translating the works of twenty-nine Song Dynasty poets, many of whom are introduced to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Collated into seven parts, these poems move through grief, love, and longing, exploring the tension and connection between the material and immaterial world. Unlike traditional scholarly translations, these renditions represent the translator's endeavor to breathe contemporary life into ancient poems, including revisions of the original text, experimentations, and even rewrites. A beautiful conversation between these poets and their translator unfolds. Shangyang masterfully navigates the irregularity of the lines, the elusiveness of the descriptions, the indirect approach to subjects, the precise musicality, the twisting language, and the unspeakable tenderness. As investigated here, sorrow is transformed from a mere individual sadness to a collective experience that spans time, people, and place.

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