A Phone Call From Dalian : Selected Poetry of Han Dong /
A phone call from Dalian : selected poetry of Han Dong = 来自大连的电话 : selected poetry of 韩东 /
In a 1989 interview, Han Dong declared that he wrote poetry for nobody, not even himself. He likens the poet to a roofer: "I write poetry for the constitution of poetry, just as a roofer gives no thought to who lives in the house whose roof he is covering--he builds to meet the criteria of what...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
Publicado: |
Hong Kong [China] :
Chinese University Press of Hong Kong,
[2012]
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Colección: | Jintian series of contemporary literature.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In a 1989 interview, Han Dong declared that he wrote poetry for nobody, not even himself. He likens the poet to a roofer: "I write poetry for the constitution of poetry, just as a roofer gives no thought to who lives in the house whose roof he is covering--he builds to meet the criteria of what a house is. Poetry is not subordinate to purposes beyond itself: its highest purpose is to be without purpose." |
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Notas: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (128 pages). |
ISBN: | 9789629969042 |
Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |