Poetry and Zen: letters and uncollected writings of R. H. Blyth

"This volume is a collection of the letters, uncollected articles and reviews, and selections from posthumous papers of Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964), a man whose books on Zen, Japanese culture, and the Japanese verse forms haiku and senryu captured the imagination of a great many readers i...

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1. Verfasser: Blyth, Reginald Horace 1898-1964 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Waddell, Norman 1940- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, Colorado Shambhala Publications, Inc. [2022]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume is a collection of the letters, uncollected articles and reviews, and selections from posthumous papers of Reginald Horace Blyth (1898-1964), a man whose books on Zen, Japanese culture, and the Japanese verse forms haiku and senryu captured the imagination of a great many readers in the English-speaking world in the decades following World War II. His enlightening wit and inimitable style struck a particularly sensitive chord in the artistic community, providing inspiration to many poets and writers and playing a very considerable role in kindling Western interest in Zen and haiku. Blyth's penetrating insights on these topics in a series of books published between 1942 and 1970 helped lay the foundation for the remarkable expansion of Zen in the West, as well as the global popularization of haiku as an international verse form that took place after his death"--
Beschreibung:ix, 451 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 23 cm
ISBN:9781611809985

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