9781556591488
Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong
Xuan Hng Ho; John Balaban; Xuan Huong Ho
ISBN 13: 9781556591488
Publisher: Copper Canyon Pr
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Softcover
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Memorized throughout Vietnam, the poetry of Ho Xuan Huong teems with double entendre and sexual innuendo--all with an eye toward incisive social, religious, and political commentary. An eighteenth-century concubine who wrote in a male tradition, she survived because of her exquisite cleverness at poetry. This publication of SPRING ESSENCE is the first time a significant body of Ho Xuan Huong's work has appeared in English and the book features modern Vietnamese alongside the nearly extinct Nom calligraphy in which she originally wrote her poems.
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"[Ngo Than Nhan, a computational linguist at NYU's Courant Institute] has spent years digitizing the calligraphy and with the publication of SPRING ESSENCE, his work will appear for the first time. When it does, it will represent the first time Nom will appear as moveable type, making SPRING ESSENCE both a Gutenberg Bible and Rosetta Stone for Nom literature. On the surface this is a 'little book of poetry.' But what a truly remarkable, historic, and redemptively entertaining one it is."
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Review:"Ho Xuan Huong was, simply, one of the most remarkable poets who ever lived."
Jon Spayde, Utne Reader
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Book Description: Copper Canyon Press, United States, 2000. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 153 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Poetry. Ho Xuan Huong, whose name means Spring Essence, was an eighteenth-century concubine who wrote subtly risque poems that used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and poltical commentary. Her attacks on male authority were shocking and risky, but she and her work survived because of her exquisite cleverness and skill at poetry. Translated from the older version of Vietnamese by John Balaban, with Nom script on facing pages. A splendid translation of the work of the beloved Vietnamese poet, Ho Xuan Huong. She was a woman who possessed, along with her literary talent, that great Vietnamese virtue of courage, and dared to defy the conventions of her time -- Neil Shehan, author of A Bright Shining Lie. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781556591488 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Copper Canyon Press. Paperback / softback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong, John Balaban, Xuan Hng Ho, Ho Xuan, HA XuA[n Huong-whose name translates as "Spring Essence"-is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine, she became renowned for her poetic skills, writing subtly risquA(c) poems which used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary. "The Unwed Mother""Because I was too easy, this happened.Can you guess the hollow in my heart?Fate did not push out a budeven though the willow grew.He will carry this a hundred yearsbut I must bear the burden now.Never mind the gossip of the world.Don't have it, yet have it ! So simple."The publication of "Spring Essence" is a major historical and cultural event. It features a "tri-graphic" presentation of English translations alongside both the modern Vietnamese alphabet and the nearly extinct calligraphic "NAm" writing system, the hand-drawn calligraphy in which HA XuA[n Huong originally wrote her poems. It represents the first time that this calligraphy-the carrier of Vietnamese culture for over a thousand years-will be printed using moveable type. From the technology demonstrated in this book scholars worldwide can begin to recover an important part of Vietnam's literary history. Meanwhile, readers of all interests will be fascinated by the poetry of Ho Xuan Huong, and the scholarship of John Balaban.The translator, John Balaban, was twice a National Book Award finalist for his own poetry and is one of the preeminent American authorities on Vietnamese literature. During the war Balaban served as a conscientious objector, working to bring war-injured children better medical care. He later returned to Vietnam to record folk poetry. Like Alan Lomax's pioneering work in American music, Balaban was to first to record Vietnam's oral tradition. This important work led him to the poetry of HA XuA[n Huong.Ngo Than Nhan, a computational linguist from NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematics, has digitized the ancient "NAm" calligraphy.Also available by John Balaban"Locusts at the Edge of Summer"PB $15.00, 1-55659-123-3 CUSA"Words for My Daughter"PB $10.00, 1-55659-037-7 CUSA. Bookseller Inventory # B9781556591488 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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