Project Gutenberg 2015-10-08 Public domain in the USA. 577 Pound, Ezra 1885 1972 Pound, Ezra Loomis Atheling, William Li, Bai 701 762 李白 Li, Po Rihaku Cathay Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "Cathay" by Ezra Pound and Bai Li is a collection of poetic translations written during the early 20th century. Predominantly based on classical Chinese poetry, the work draws from the translations of Rihaku (Li Bai), along with notes from the late Ernest Fenollosa, and insights from Professors Mori and Ariga. The likely topic of the book revolves around themes of love, longing, nature, and the passage of time, encapsulated through the lens of East Asian culture. The collection presents a variety of poems that explore emotional experiences tied to separation, nostalgia, and the beauty of nature. Each poem presents a unique perspective, such as the deep sorrow of a river merchant's wife waiting for her husband, reflections on the impermanence of glory, and poignant laments from a frontier guard. Through rich imagery and emotive language, Pound not only faithfully translates the original texts but also infuses them with his own modernist sensibilities. The work serves as both a bridge to ancient Chinese poetry and a testament to the enduring human experiences that transcend time and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 52977 52969 2024-10-21T04:20:23.596576 2023-09-21T14:08:40.184679 text/html text/html 30324 2024-04-02T22:47:04 text/html 82073 2024-10-21T04:20:26.008629 application/epub+zip 80833 2024-10-21T04:20:24.206586 application/epub+zip 80833 2024-10-21T04:20:23.968591 application/epub+zip 110005 2024-10-21T04:20:27.488574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101262 2024-10-21T04:20:25.763567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101402 2022-09-22T16:40:07.329049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43482 43499 2024-10-21T04:20:23.192628 2023-09-21T14:08:39.814668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 23743 2024-04-02T22:44:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17709 2024-10-21T04:20:28.019581 application/rdf+xml 8590 2024-10-21T04:20:24.037703 image/jpeg 1773 2024-10-21T04:20:24.004572 image/jpeg 71608 2024-10-21T04:20:23.604582 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia