Basho and His Interpreters Selected Hokku with Commentary |
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| Author:
| Ueda, Makoto |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-2526-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 1995 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.
This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.