Stitching Porcelain: Poetry
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Stitching Porcelain, Deborah Larsen's first book of poetry, is a narrative-lyric sequence based on the life of Matteo Ricci, the resourceful Jesuit who entered China in 1583 and stayed for a quarter century. Pondering cultural accommodation as well as faith, many of the poems center on actual events: Ricci's dressing as a Buddhist; his awe-inspiring map (with China shrewdly centered); his prostration before an empty Dragon Throne. Other events the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0811211614
ISBN13:9780811211611
Release Date:April 1991
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Length:61 Pages
Weight:0.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.7" x 6.2"
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