Research Catalog

Title

Rhapsody in black : poems / by Jidi Majia ; translated by Denis Mair ; foreword by Simon J. Ortiz.

Author

Majia, Jidi, 1961-

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mair, Denis C.
• Ortiz, Simon J.

Description

xv, 185 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"N indigenous poet of the Nuosu (Yi) people of mountainous southwestern China, Jidi Majia is well known and celebrated among the Chinese. But his lyrical and worldly work, though widely published and honored, has not found its voice in English translation in the West. The poems in Rhapsody in Black, presented in Chinese and deftly translated by the gifted and respected Denis Mair, at long last introduce the English-speaking world to this remarkable Chinese writer. The poetry of Jidi Majia is deeply grounded in the myths and oral traditions of the Nuosu minority. It evokes times past but also speaks with eloquence of our global moment. Replete with cultural textures and local idiom, the poems provide an exquisite opening into the Nuosu world. In their ethnic richness, they also resonate with the voices of the indigenous and the dispossessed, from Native American and South American Indian poets to the African American and aboriginal Australian writers preserving and reshaping cultural identity."--Publisher description.

Series Statement

Chinese literature today book series ; volume 3

Uniform Title

• Poems. Selections. English
• Chinese literature today book series v. 3.

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

Chinese poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780806144498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0806144491 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013035022

OCLC

• 858914376
• SCSB-12361294

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library