Pure Dimension

This book is a systematic compilation of Wang Jiaxin's poetic essays and reviews, including works such as "e;What Ails Us,"e; "e;My Eighties,"e; and "e;Glottal Stop: On Translating Paul Celan."e; It features a holistic review and reflection on several foreign poets who have had a profound impact on the author, including W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, Marina Tsvetayeva, Paul Celan, Yu Hong, Hai Zi, and Lan Lan. The book is comprehensive in content and objective in discussion, encompassing academic explorations of poetic language, translation, and imagery, as well as the author's emotional expressions towards poetry and the times. In these essays, the poet's insights, erudition, emotions, and way of perceiving the world flow naturally, allowing readers to grasp the core of the poet's spiritual world and reach the essence of their poetics.