| Description |
1 online resource (43 pages) |
| Note |
"The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh." |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Parallel English text with Chinese translation. |
| Subject |
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Translations into Chinese.
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. (OCoLC)fst00028337
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Scottish poetry -- 19th century.
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Literature.
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Scottish poetry. (OCoLC)fst01109221
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Gentz, Natascha.
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Confucius Institute for Scotland.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections. English & Chinese
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. Poems. English & Chinese. Selections. Selected poems by Robert Burns in Chinese translation. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010533279 |
| Standard No. |
9786612749902 |
| ISBN |
9780748642663 (electronic bk.) |
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0748642668 (electronic bk.) |
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