YI
Yang Lian’s long poem
Yi is a single long poem in sixty-four parts. These studies explore its architecture, images, philosophical questions and relation to history, and trace its connections with Concentric Circles.
POEMS
ESSAYS
Yang Lian and the Architecture of Time. From the written character to the structures of Yi and Concentric Circles, a sustained exploration of spatial poetics, history and translation.
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Yang Lian’s Yi and the Rewriting of Change
Yi, Pound and the Poem That Contains History
The evolution of a poetic universe
Finding Our Way Through Yang Lian’s YI and Concentric Circles
FURTHER READINGS
Yang Lian and the Architecture of Experience. A sustained study of poetic form, historical necessity and the freedom of participation in YI and Where the Sea Stands Still.
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