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Embracing the Firebird

Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry

Embracing the Firebird( )
Author: Beichman, Janine
ISBN:978-0-8248-2347-4
Publication Date:Jul 2002
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $26.00
Book Description:

How did a girl from the provinces, meant to do nothing more than run the family store, become a bold and daring poet whose life and work helped change the idea of love in modern Japan? Embracing the Firebird is the first book-length study in English of the early life and work of Yosano Akiko (1879-1942), the most famous post-classical woman poet of Japan. It follows Akiko, who was born into a merchant family in the port city of Sakai near Osaka, from earliest childhood to her...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Poetry / Asian / Japanese
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:1.26 Pounds



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