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This important and much-disputed essay edited by Ezra Pound from the manuscript of Ernest Fenollosa (and published in Instigations, London, 1920) has since gone through several editions, despite the ridicule of such sinologists as Professor George Kennedy of Yale, who called it "a small mass of confusion." The old theory as to the nature of the Chinese written character (which Pound and Fenollosa followed) is that the written character is ideogrammic—a stylized picture of the thing or concept it represents. The opposing theory (which prevails today among scholars) is that the character may have had pictorial origins in prehistoric times but that these origins have been obscured in all but a few very simple cases, and that in any case native writers don’t have the original pictorial meaning in mind as they write. Whether Pound proceeded on false premises remains an academic question. Let the pedants rave. An important extension of imagist technique in poetry was gained by Pound’s perception of the essentially poetic nature of the Chinese character as it is still written. "Scholarly edition that combines the first full publication of Fenollosa's essay as he wrote it, along with the 1919 version of the essay as altered by Ezra Pound."—The Chronicle of Higher Education "How can we come to a new understanding of Chinese classical literature when our inherited view of it is so powerfully shaped and conditioned by a 'strong misreading,' which is a vital part of our own poetic language? This question afflicts Haun Saussy in his extraordinary introduction to a new critical edition of The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, which presents both the edited and original versions of Fenollosa's essay."—The Threepenny Review "Fenollosa's critical assessment of what could evolve from a blending of the East and West is perhaps more relevant today than when it was written."—Oyster Boy Review "This book—indispensable to anyone following modern poetics—reminds us that one of the four most influential modern essays on poetry (the others are T.S. Eliot's) was the product of a scholar-translator, writing in 1903, well before there was any modern poetry in English. Fenollosa's belief that the Chinese language is profoundly suited to poetry is well known, but because of Pound's editing, we had no way of knowing what Fenollosa made of the music of poetry. Least of all could we have imagined that he thought the music of this poetry was better preserved by Japanese phonics than by living Chinese speakers. Fenollosa was an idealistic advocate of Anglo-American empire fused with pan-Asian 'humanity,' by which he meant roughly what is covered by the term 'humanities.' He saw the approach of a peaceful east/west fusion, economic, military, and cultural, and sought to guide its arrival by elucidating the art of classical Chinese poetry, without any expectation that his essay would alter the ways that Anglo-American poets shape sentences. This handsome edition is a major contribution to the history of modern poetics. Until now we have known little of the intellectual, political, and religious context of this great essay on diction and syntax. Haun Saussy, Jonathan Stalling, and Lucas Klein reveal the range and growth of Fenollosa's still appealing conviction that modern poetry has to go far beyond national borders."—Robert von Hallberg, University of Chicago

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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry ~ The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry BY ERNEST FENOLLOSA [ This essay was practically finished by the late Ernest Fenollosa; I have done little more than remove a few repetitions and shape a few sentences. We have here not a bare philological discussion, but a study of the fundamentals of all esthetics.

The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A ~ The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry. Book Description: First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa's essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pound, it presents a powerful conception of language that continues to shape our poetic and stylistic preferences: the idea that poems consist primarily of images; the idea that the sentence form with active verb mirrors .

The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A ~ This, the first critical edition of Ernest Fenollosa’s The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, is a milestone in literary scholarship. Haun Saussy and his colleagues have produced an indispensable book―one that shows precisely how Ezra Pound, reworking Fenollosa, “invented” the China we have come to accept as central to his poetry―and to 20th century poetry in general.

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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A ~ summary. First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa's essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pound, it presents a powerful conception of language that continues to shape our poetic and stylistic preferences: the idea that poems consist primarily of images; the idea that the sentence form with active verb mirrors relations of natural force.

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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A ~ The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition - Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein - Google Books First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest.

The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry ~ This, the first critical edition of Ernest Fenollosa’s The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, is a milestone in literary scholarship. Haun Saussy and his colleagues have produced an indispensable book—one that shows precisely how Ezra Pound, reworking Fenollosa, “invented” the China we have come to accept as central to his poetry—and to 20th century poetry in general.

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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry (豆瓣) ~ The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry 作者 : Ernest F. Fenollosa / Ezra Pound 出版社: Fordham University Press 副标题: A Critical Edition 出版年: 2008-3-15 页数: 240 定价: GBP 22.50 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780823228683

The Chinese written character as a medium for poetry ~ His "The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry" not only provides thought-provoking material, it gives us the opportunity to sense the character of this impassioned man. The book goes far beyond its initial focus on Chinese written language, addressing the question of fundamental differences among languages.

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The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry ~ Whether Pound proceeded on false premises remains an academic question. Let the pedants rave. An important extension of imagist technique in poetry was gained by Pound's perception of the essentially poetic nature of the Chinese character as it is still written.

Poetics of Emptiness - Fordham University Press ~ In Chapters 1 and 2, the author explores Ernest Fenollosa's "The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry" as an expression of Fenollosa's distinctly Buddhist poetics informed by a two-decade-long encounter with a culturally hybrid form of Buddhism known as Shin Bukkyo ("New Buddhism").

Ernest Fenollosa - Wikipedia ~ Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art, London: William Heinemann, 1912 "Noh" or Accomplishment: A Study of the Classical Stage of Japan, with Ezra Pound, London: Macmillan and Co., 1916; The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, composed by the Ernest Fenollosa, edited by Ezra Pound after the author's death, 1918. Further reading

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Ideogrammic method - Wikipedia ~ The ideogrammic method was a technique expounded by Ezra Pound which allowed poetry to deal with abstract content through concrete images. The idea was based on Pound's reading of the work of Ernest Fenollosa, especially The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry, composed by Fenollosa but edited by Pound after the author's death, 1908.. Pound gives a brief account of it in his book .

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