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ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Eclipse of the Moon”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Eclipse of the Moon” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines consumption as the poem’s governing action, tracing reversals between sweetness and poison, nourishment and destruction, and the drinker who is consumed by the night.
ESSAY
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