“Lapis Lazuli”: A Chinese Reading
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“Lapis Lazuli” is a poem by W. B. Yeats on a Chinese subject. Because of his limited knowledge of Chinese things, the poet wrote a poem just as he was inspired by a Chinese lapis lazuli carving without correctly understanding its theme. By digging into the sources and drawing a detailed comparison between the original meaning of the Chinese elements and Yeats’s representation, this paper shows Yeats’s imagination has actually been founded on his misunderstanding. And it refutes some Yeats scholars’ interpretations that are based on misunderstandings.
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“Lapis Lazuli” is a poem by W. B. Yeats on a Chinese subject. Because of his limited knowledge of Chinese things, the poet wrote a poem just as he was inspired by a Chinese lapis lazuli carving without correctly understanding its theme. By digging into the sources and drawing a detailed comparison between the original meaning of the Chinese elements and Yeats’s representation, this paper shows Yeats’s imagination has actually been founded on his misunderstanding. And it refutes some Yeats scholars’ interpretations that are based on misunderstandings.
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