Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, No. 46
Shuling, Horng / Tu, Kuo-Ch'ing / Russell, Terence / Balcom, John / Fen-Ling, Chang / Hwang, Yingtsih / Skerratt, Brian / Russell, Terence
This issue contains the verse of twenty-four poets. From 1924, when Hsieh Chun-mu first published four "Poems in Imitation, " the development of new poetry in Taiwan has a history of almost one hundred years. The roots of new poetry in Taiwan with its "twin flower bulbs, " to use the phrase coined by Chen Chien-wu, has now bloomed and borne fruit. It manifests diversified themes, and places great stress on both artistic expression and social c...