02690nam 2200613 a 450 991077840350332120230721023245.01-282-35943-697866123594390-520-93500-410.1525/9780520935006(CKB)1000000000811823(EBL)470904(OCoLC)609850035(SSID)ssj0000306239(PQKBManifestationID)11274818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306239(PQKBWorkID)10297600(PQKB)11469581(MiAaPQ)EBC470904(DE-B1597)519156(DE-B1597)9780520935006(Au-PeEL)EBL470904(CaPaEBR)ebr10676290(CaONFJC)MIL235943(EXLCZ)99100000000081182320071217e20081972 uy pengur|n|---|||||txtccrThe poems of Mao Zedong[electronic resource] /translations, introduction, and notes by Willis BarnstoneBerkeley University of California Press[2008?]1 online resource (165 p.)Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972.0-520-26162-3 0-520-25665-4 Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Poems -- 3: Afterword -- 4: Appendixes -- Notes on the Poems -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the TranslatorMao Zedong, leader of the revolution and absolute chairman of the People's Republic of China, was also a calligrapher and a poet of extraordinary grace and eloquent simplicity. The poems in this beautiful edition (from the 1963 Beijing edition), translated and introduced by Willis Barnstone, are expressions of decades of struggle, the painful loss of his first wife, his hope for a new China, and his ultimate victory over the Nationalist forces. Willis Barnstone's introduction, his short biography of Mao and brief history of the revolution, and his notes on Chinese versification all combine to enrich the Western reader's understanding of Mao's poetry.Chinese poetryTranslations into English20th centuryPOETRY / GeneralbisacshChinese poetryTranslations into English20th century.POETRY / General.895.1/15Mao Zedong1893-1976.228976Barnstone Willis1927-488524MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778403503321The poems of Mao Zedong3688279UNINA