Yang Mu is a towering figure in modern Chinese poetry. His poetic
voice is subtle and lyrical, and his work is rich with precise
images and crystalline thoughts invoking temporality and
remembrance. A bold innovator and superb craftsman, he elegantly
combines cosmopolitan experimentation with poetic forms and an
allusive reverence for classical Chinese poetry while remaining
rooted in his native Taiwan and its colonial history. Hawk of the
Mind is a comprehensive collection of Yang Mu's poetry that
presents crucial works from the many stages of his long creative
career, rendered into English by a team of distinguished
translators. It conveys the complexity and beauty of Yang Mu's work
in a stately and lucid English poetic register that displays his
ability to range from meditative to playful and colloquial to
archaic. The volume includes an editor's introduction and
definitive commentary that offer insights into the poet's major
themes and motifs, explaining how he draws on deep engagement with
Chinese and Western literary traditions, history, and art as well
as mythology, philosophy, and music and a profound love for the
natural world to create a nuanced and multifaceted artistic
universe. It also contains translations of prefaces and afterwords
written by Yang Mu for collections of his poetry. Hawk of the Mind
demonstrates the breadth and depth of Yang Mu's oeuvre,
illustrating the distinctive style and affective power of a great
poet.
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