Beyond chrysanthemums : perspectives on poetry East and West
by Reckert, Stephen
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780198151654
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Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Introduction: Writing in Other Languages -- I. Lyra Minima: Structure, Style, and Symbol in Traditional Verse. 1. A Minimalist Poetics. 2. Golden Lamps in a Green Night. 3. Structure, Style, and Symbol -- II. Strange Islands, Gardens of Desire. 4. Insulas extranas. 5. The Isle of Venus (Iconography of an Archetype) -- III. The Horizons of Silence. 6. Limits and Thresholds. 7. Beyond Chrysanthemums. Subjects: Poetry History and criticism; Poetics; Myth in literature; East and West in literature; Comparative literature; Symbolism.
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- Title
- Beyond chrysanthemums : perspectives on poetry East and West
- Author
- Reckert, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198151659
- ISBN 13
- 9780198151654
- Publisher
- Oxford : Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford:
- Date Published
- 1993
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