File ACG/24/5/29 - Correspondence with Stephen Field

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GB 891 ACG-ACG/24-ACG/24/5-ACG/24/5/29

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Correspondence with Stephen Field

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  • 1985 - 1989 (Creation)

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11 items photocopy, typed and handwritten

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Field Stephen Lee b 1951

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Snyder Gary b 1930

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Correspondence with Stephen Field and reviews concerning the publication of his Tian Wen: A Chinese Book of Origins. These are: Letter from Stephen Field to Griselda Ohannessian, Vice President of New Directions Publishing Co., dated 28 May 1985. Letter from Griselda Ohannessian to Stephen Field, dated 6 June 1985. Letter from Burton Watson to Peter Glassgold (New Directions) with Watson's comments on Stephen Field's translations of the "Tian wen" 天問, dated 30 November 1985. Letter from Griselda Ohannessian to Stephen Field, dated 6 December 1986. Letter from Stephen Field to Angus Graham, dated 25 October 1989. Letters from Gary to Stephen Field, 2 letters on 1 photocopy page. Stephen Field's translation of the Tian wen, from the Journal of Literary Translation, Vol. XVII, 1986, photocopy. Book review: FIELD, STEPHEN, translation and introduction. Tian Wen. Photocopy of the book review in Asian Folklore Studies, vol. XLVI-2, 1987, original pages 301-302. San Francisco Review of Books, Winter 1987-88. Copy of Gary Gach's review of Field's translation of the Tian wen. Book Review of Tian Wen: A Chinese Book of Origins. Copy of pages of the review of Field's translation of the Tian wen. Original pages 127-129 from "Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews 9" (1987).

Also a copy of Eliot Weinberger's What Were the Questions from his Works on Paper, 1980-1986, pp.58-69.

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