The Great Clod: Notes and Memoirs on Nature and History in East Asia
- 作者
- 出版社 Counterpoint
- 出版时间 2016年5月
- ISBN 1619025698 或 9781619025691
- 定价 160.00
内容简介
Forthefullcourseofhisremarkablecareer,GarySnyderhascontinuedhisstudyofEastAsiancultureandphilosophies.FromtheAinutotheMongols,fromHokkaidotoOkinawa,fromthelandscapesofChinatothebackcountryofcontemporaryJapan,fromthetemplesofDaitokojitotheYellowRiverValley,itisnowclearhowthisworkhasinfluencedhispoetry,hisstanceasanenvironmentalandpoliticalactivist,andhislongpracticeofZen.GrowingupinthePacificNorthwest,AsiabecameavocationforSnyder.WhilemostAmericanwriterslookedtothecapitalsofEuropefortheirinspiration,SnyderlookedwesttotheEast.Americanlettersisprofoundlyindebtedtothisgeographicalchoice.
Longrumoredtoexist,TheGreatClodcollectsseveralpublishedinTheCoevolutionQuarterlyalmostfortyyearsagowhenSnyderbrieflydescribedthisworkas“TheChinaBook,”andseveralothers,themajority,neverbeforepublishedinanyform.“SummerinHokkaido,”“WildinChina,”“InkandCharcoal,”“Wolf-HairBrush,”theseessaysturnfrombeingmemoirsoftraveltoprolongedconsiderationsofart,culture,naturalhistoryandreligion.ItisfilledwithSnyder’sremarkableinsightsandbrisklybeautifuldescriptions.
Longrumoredtoexist,TheGreatClodcollectsseveralpublishedinTheCoevolutionQuarterlyalmostfortyyearsagowhenSnyderbrieflydescribedthisworkas“TheChinaBook,”andseveralothers,themajority,neverbeforepublishedinanyform.“SummerinHokkaido,”“WildinChina,”“InkandCharcoal,”“Wolf-HairBrush,”theseessaysturnfrombeingmemoirsoftraveltoprolongedconsiderationsofart,culture,naturalhistoryandreligion.ItisfilledwithSnyder’sremarkableinsightsandbrisklybeautifuldescriptions.
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