Bücher von Witter Bynner

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The Little King is a novel written by Witter Bynner and first published in 1914. The story revolves around a young boy named David, who becomes the king of a small European country called Altruria after his father, the previous king, dies unexpectedly. Despite his young age, David is determined to be a just and wise ruler, and he quickly gains the respect and admiration of his subjects.As David grows into his role as king, he faces a number of challenges and obstacles, including political intrigue, assassination attempts, and a potential war with a neighboring country. However, with the help of his loyal advisors and his own natural intelligence and compassion, David is able to navigate these challenges and emerge as a beloved and effective leader.Throughout the book, Bynner explores themes of leadership, responsibility, and the importance of compassion and empathy in governance. He also offers a vivid portrait of life in a small European country in the early 20th century, with detailed descriptions of the country's customs, culture, and political landscape.Overall, The Little King is a charming and insightful novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era and the challenges faced by a young monarch trying to do what is right for his people.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Lyrical translations of two famous Chinese works - Chu Sun's Three Hundred Poems of the T'ang and Laozu's Tao Te Ching - as interpreted by renowned poet Witter Bynner.In 1918, while visiting the University of California, Berkeley, Witter Bynner met Kiang Kang-hu, a professor of Chinese. They would spend the next eleven years collaborating on English translations of T'ang Dynasty poems, a partnership that involved visits to China to ensure that "in spirit and expression the poems remain as close as we could keep them to what the originals mean in China."Years later, Bynner felt compelled to revisit their work on his own. Sifting through a dozen subsequently published literal translations, Bynner deliberated on the texts' original meanings and applied his poet's sensibility to create new interpretations that were, in Dr. Kiang's estimation, "so simple and yet so profound." Bynner's "American versions" soon became the most popular translations among Western readers being introduced to Chinese literature and philosophy for the first time.The Chinese Translations includes two notable works. The first, The Jade Mountain, is a translation of T'ang shih san pai shou (Three Hundred Poems of the T'ang), an anthology compiled by Chu Sun in the eighteenth century that was tremendously popular in China. The second, The Way of Life According to Laotzu, is Bynner's version of the Tao Te Ching, one of the most beloved interpretations of the classic text attributed to the sixth-century philosopher and sage. Purist translators may have scoffed, but Bynner's emotive interpretations evoked the poems' original subtle form and philosophy in a way that made Western readers appreciate Chinese poetry not as a foreign curiosity but as a rich literary tradition in its own right.