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First published in 1915, Cathay, Ezra Pound's early monumental work, originally contained fourteen translations from the Chinese and a translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Seafarer." Over time, these poems have been widely read and loved as both translations and original... Read Full Overview

Winner, Ezra Pound Society Book Prize
Finalist, Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
Finalist, Modernist Studies Association Book Prize for an Edition, Anthology, or Essay Collection

Finalist, Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism

Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915) is a masterpiece both of modernism and of world literature. The muscular precision of images that mark Pound's translations helped establish a modern style for American literature,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Cathay is a collection of translations of ancient Chinese poetry by the American poet Ezra Pound, first published in 1915. The book includes translations of poems from the Tang dynasty, known for its flourishing of literature and culture, as well as earlier works from the Han... Read Full Overview

Wai-lim Yip's study of Ezra Pound's translation of the difficult Cathay poems also includes a discussion of the problems of translation from Chinese in general, and the effort by Pound in these poems in particular. Mr. Yip links Pound's principles of translation to his late pre-Raphaelite... Read Full Overview

Cathay is a collection of poems by the American poet Ezra Pound, first published in 1915. The book contains translations of Chinese poems, most of which were originally written by Li Po and Tu Fu, two of the most famous poets of the Tang Dynasty. Pound's translations are known... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Cathay is a collection of poems written by the American poet Ezra Pound and published in 1915. The book is a translation of Chinese poetry, specifically the works of Li Po, Tu Fu, and other poets from the Tang Dynasty. Pound's translations were among the first to introduce Chinese... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview