Cathay

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Cathay is a 1915 poetry collection by Ezra Pound, celebrated for its influential, imagist-era translations and adaptations of classical Chinese poems.

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Cathay canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWithPoet Du Fu ⓘ
Li Bai ⓘ
Rihaku (Li Bai under Japanese reading) ⓘ
author Ezra Pound ⓘ
basedOn classical Chinese poetry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely regarded as a landmark of modernist translation ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
translation ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfPoems about 15 ⓘ
hasForm free verse ⓘ
hasPoem Exile’s Letter ⓘ
Four Poems of Departure ⓘ
Lament of the Frontier Guard ⓘ
Leave-Taking Near Shoku ⓘ
Old Idea of Choan by Rossetti ⓘ
Song of the Bowmen of Shu ⓘ
South-Folk in Cold Country ⓘ
Taking Leave of a Friend ⓘ
The Beautiful Toilet ⓘ
The City of Choan ⓘ
The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance ⓘ
The North Gate ⓘ
The River Song ⓘ
The River-Merchant’s Wife ⓘ
The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter ⓘ
To-Em-Mei’s The Unmoving Cloud ⓘ
influenced Anglophone reception of Chinese poetry ⓘ
modernist poetry in English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Imagism ⓘ
notableFor adaptations of classical Chinese poems ⓘ
influential imagist-era translations ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
primarySource notes and translations of Ernest Fenollosa ⓘ
publicationYear 1915 ⓘ
publisher Elkin Mathews ⓘ
relatedAuthor Ernest Fenollosa ⓘ
relatedWork Lustra ⓘ
sourceLanguage Chinese ⓘ
style imagist ⓘ
subject exile ⓘ
frontier life ⓘ
love ⓘ
separation ⓘ
war ⓘ
titleRefersTo archaic European name for China ⓘ

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Imagism → hasNotableWork → Cathay ⓘ
Ripostes → precedes → Cathay ⓘ
Personae → relatedWork → Cathay ⓘ