Basho and His Interpreters - Selected Hokku with Commentary

"The first book in a Western language that conveys the richness, range, genius, and power of Basho's poetry. . . . A gem of a work."--Chanoyu Quarterly

About the author

Makoto Ueda is Professor of Japanese at Stanford University.

Summary

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.

Additional text

"The first book in a Western language that conveys the richness, range, genius, and power of Basho's poetry. . . . A gem of a work."

Product details

• Authors: Ueda Makoto, Makoto Ueda
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1995
• EAN: 9780804725262
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2526-2
• No. of pages: 468
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies