Hò̂, Xuân Hương.
Summary: Hò̂ Xuân Hương, whose name means Spring Essence, was an eighteenth-century concubine who wrote subtly risque poems that used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary. Her attacks on male authority were shocking and risky, but she and her work survived because of her exquisite cleverness and skill at poetry. Translated from the older...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021