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Publication details [#35342]
Li, Chen. 2019. Writing and Translating Concrete Poetry in Chinese Characters. In Corbett, John and Ting Huang ( 黄婷), eds. The Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry (Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies). London: Routledge. pp. 56–70.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
In this chapter, the celebrated Taiwanese poet, Chen Li, discusses his own engagement with experimental poetry using Chinese ideograms, and its translation into English and ‘non-verbal’ media. He details how his experimental poetry in Chinese draws upon native Chinese literary traditions, his fascination with puzzles and riddles and also his discovery, as a student, of anthologies of Western concrete poetry. Chen Li discusses in some detail the origins and motivations behind some of his best-known experimental works, including ‘A War Symphony,’ ‘Breakfast Tablecloth of a Solitary Entomologist’ and ‘Tang Poetry Haiku.’
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