The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry

New York: Arrow Editions 1936,

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Details

Author

Fenollosa, Ernest, And Ezra Pound

Publishers

New York: Arrow Editions 1936

Keyword

CINA China Chine

Cover description

Poor

Binding description

Dust jacket

Yes

State of preservation

Very Good

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

Pale green paper-covered boards, paper title label inset front panel and spine in plain paper dust jacket printed in green. Edges of boards slightly worn, ow excellent, in original torn tape repaired dj. Despite dj flaws, a clean, presentable copy handsomely printed by the Kynoch Press, Great Britain ; The Ideogramic Series 1edited by Ezra Pound; Square 8vo; 52 pages. This is one of the Ideogramic Series which was edited by Ezra Pound. At the time of printing, the series had 3 volumes in it of which this is #1. Pound provided the foreword and notes for this edition, subtitled "An Ars Poetica". The notes which were finished by Pound from preliminary work by Fenollosa are commentaries on the ideograms themselves with paraphrased translations. Pound introduces his role in the finishing of the notes as being that of "a very ignorant man." The notes include 5 pages or plates of Chinese characters or ideograms.