{"product_id":"xu-zhimo-selected-poems","title":"Xu Zhimo - Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"Outstanding poetry and excellent translations. The poems have a genuine simplicity and force that overlies the genius and layers of the lyrics.\"\" Andrew Hamilton \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTAINS ENGLISH AND CHINESE TEXTS OF XU'S POEMS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first English edition of poems by China's foremost modern poet Xu Zhimo, who studied in Cambridge in the early 20th Century. Whilst here he became enchanted by the Romantic poets such as Keats and Shelley; this form of poetry was to infuse his work from that point on, inspiring him to break through traditional Chinese poetic reserve and constraints and changing the medium forever. His poetry is revered by young and old alike in China, but especially amongst the teenagers and young adults. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection contains some of his most famous and well-loved works including By Chance, You Are in His Eyes, For Whom, The Weak Flame of a Star, A Pipa Tune in an Alley at Midnight and the seminal Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFEATURES XU'S TRANSLATIONS OF HIS FAVOURITE ENGLISH POEMS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXu Zhimo was an early 20th-century Chinese poet who sought to promote a modern Chinese poetry that broke with convention and followed Western forms, especially the style of the Romantic and Symbolist poets, with whose work he fell in love while studying at King's College, Cambridge in 1922. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerses from his most famous poem, 'Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again', are inscribed on a monument to him behind King's College Chapel in the city. In light of his immense and ongoing popularity in China, Xu Zhimo can be counted as one of Cambridge's most influential alumni. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Oleander Press is proud to have produced this first collection of his poems with contemporary English translations, alongside many of his translations of the work of his favourite poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXU's TRANSLATIONS OF HIS FAVOURITE ENGLISH POEMS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Blake - The Tiger \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Hardy - A Week, The Wound, The Division, Her Initials, To The Moon, I Look into My Glass \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Mansfield - The Meeting, The Gulf, Sleeping Together \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Elroy Flecker - Tenebris Interlucentem V. II \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Arnold - Requiescat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina Rossetti - Song, The Hour and the Ghost \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXU'S ORIGINAL POEMS - CHINESE \u0026amp; ENGLISH By Chance, Go, It is Not Easy to Survive Nowadays, Spring, Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again, Cricket, I Don't Know Which Direction the Wind is Blowing, Insignificance, You Are in His Eyes, Wind in the Pines at Midnight, The Wide Sea, A P'i-pa Tune in an Alley at Midnight \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Please Note- Chinese simplified characters are used in this title.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Poetry, European\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oleander Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780900891694\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oleander Press","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £5.25","offer_id":47914857496753,"sku":"SB-0900891696-C2","price":5.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0900891696.jpg?v=1789228285","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/xu-zhimo-selected-poems","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}