Mountain River : Vietnamese Poetry from the Wars, 1948-93
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1558491414
ISBN-13
9781558491410
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint
University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 18th, 1998
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 23.00 x 2.10 cms
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This bilingual collection affirms the importance of poetry in the formation and perpetuation of Vietnamese national identity. The poems testify to the centrality of war in Vietnamese history and experience over the past 50 years, beginning with Ho Chi Minh in the 1940s.
This powerful and moving bilingual collection affirms the importance of poetry in the formation and perpetuation of Vietnamese national Identity. These poems testify to the centrality of war in Vietnamese history and experience over the past fifty years. Beginning thw Ho Chi Minh in the 1940s and moving forward in time to Nguyen Quang Thieu in the 1990s, the book presents significant poetry reflecting the thoughts and feeling of the major Vietnamese writers who lived through many years of war, first with the French and later with the Americans. Mountain River will serve as a valuable introductory survey of Vietnamese poetry written since World War II and as an example of the integral role of poets and poetry in Vietnamese culture.
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