Running Under the Ice: Fifty Selected Poems by Du Mu - Paperback

by Mark E. Francis (Author)

"Running Under the Ice" presents together with their Chinese originals translations of fifty poems by the classic Tang writer, Du Mu (803-852). These translations strive for closeness to the Chinese in meaning and technique, within a contemporary English idiom. The selection highlights the variety, concreteness and complexity of Du Mu's verse.

Author Biography

Mark Francis earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Chinese from Stanford University (1991, 1996) and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington in Seattle (1989). For the last fifteen years he has taught Chinese language and culture while publishing his translations in university and small presses.