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The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry by Eliot Weinberger

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3.0

See, this is the perfect format in which to encounter these "classic" translations by the likes of Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, David Hinton, Gary Snyder, and various other white Western men: heavily criticised and picked apart by Eliot Weinberger, someone who is actually a translator by trade instead of just some guy who thinks he understands Chinese poetry better than the Chinese.
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