The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, is the story of an educated and beautiful young woman who suffers misfortune and degradation before obtaining justice and peace. It is a long poem in a complex metric and rhyme scheme that is distinctively Vietnamese. Vladislav Zhukov here provides the first English-language translation, perfectly conveying the poetic form of the original work and thereby producing a literary creation in English that is equivalent to Nguyen Du's genius in Vietnamese—one that can be appreciated as poetry in English.
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The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du (1765-1820)
The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, is the story of an educated and beautiful young woman who suffers misfortune and degradation before obtaining justice and peace. It is a long poem in a complex metric and rhyme scheme that is distinctively Vietnamese. Vladislav Zhukov here provides the first English-language translation, perfectly conveying the poetic form of the original work and thereby producing a literary creation in English that is equivalent to Nguyen Du's genius in Vietnamese—one that can be appreciated as poetry in English.
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The "Kim Van Kieu" of Nguyen Du (1765-1820)
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780877277606 |
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| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Publication date: | 03/15/2013 |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Sales rank: | 672,681 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.38(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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