Chinese makars : Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Xue Tao / Scots versions by Robert Crawford ; photographs by Norman McBeath and John Thomson.

Date:
2016
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Description

Classic Chinese poetry translated into Scots verse and English prose. Presented as 'photopoetry', juxtaposing the poems with photographs. Modern photographs by Norman McBeath, 19th century photographs by John Thompson (1837-1921).

Publication/Creation

Edinburgh : Easel Press, 2016.

Physical description

71 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 23 x 23 cm

Notes

Original plates of John Thompson photographs held by the Wellcome Library.

Language note

Translated from Chinese into Scots verse and English prose.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZJP.251
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ISBN

  • 9780955285950
  • 095528595X