Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
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.
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Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary
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.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804725262 |
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| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Publication date: | 05/01/1995 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 468 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d) |
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