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Selected Poems by Robert Burns in Chinese Translation /

Gentz, Natascha

Selected Poems by Robert Burns in Chinese Translation / Natascha Gentz. - 1 online resource (48 p.) : 11 B/W illustrations

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- I Love my Jean -- A red, red rose -- John Anderson my Jo -- Highland Mary -- Auld Lang Syne -- Willie brew'd a peck o' maut -- Comin' thro' the rye -- Ca' the ewes to the knowes -- My heart's in the Highlands -- McPherson's Farewell -- Bruce's Address at Bannockburn

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The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh presents this beautiful bilingual Chinese/Scottish Collector's Edition of a selection of poems by Robert Burns.The volume contains eleven well-known Burns poems in English, including 'I love my Jean', 'My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose' and 'John Anderson, My Jo', together with facing-page Chinese translations. The translations, from the 1920s, are by Su Manshu, Wu Fangji, and Liu Pu and finely capture the lyric quality of Burns's poems. Each poem is introduced by an illustration page of Chinese calligraphy by Mr Chi Zhang, MSC BA, Chinese Calligraphy/Brush Painting artist at the University of Edinburgh.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780748641116 9780748642663

10.1515/9780748642663 doi


Scottish poetry--19th century.
Scottish poetry--19th century.
Literary Studies.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

PR4303 / .G46 2010

821.6