Vietnamese Masterpiece Literature Classic Tale of Kieu Nguyen Du 1st Bilingual

by Nguyen Du

$74 · Offered by eBay

First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } The Tale of Kieu: A Bilingual Edition of Truyen Kieu by Nguyen Du Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1983. First bilingual edition, text in English and Vietnamese. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Tight binding, solid spine, previous owner's blindstamp to title page, clean unmarked text. 8vo, illustrated, xl + 211 pages. Since its publication in the early nineteenth century, this long narrative poem has stood unchallenged as the supreme masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, and this Yale University Press bilingual edition represents the definitive scholarly presentation of Nguyen Du's immortal verse epic for English-speaking readers. Considered by some to be the father of Vietnamese literature, Nguyen Du crafted this 3,254-line poem in the early 1800s during Vietnam's tumultuous transition between dynasties, when he served the Le rulers, as his family had done for generations, until their dynasty fell in 1787. Written in traditional lục bát ("six-eight") meter, the poem follows Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman who sacrifices herself to save her family, becoming a symbol of Vietnamese resilience and cultural endurance. This scholarly edition presents Huynh Sanh Thong's new and absorbingly readable translation on pages facing the Vietnamese text, illuminated by notes that give comparative passages from the Chinese novel on which the poem was based, details on Chine

• Publisher: Yale University
• Year: 1983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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