The kokinshū :: selected poems /

"The Kokinshu is a thematically divided tenth-century collection of 1,111 Japanese waka poems that was imperially commissioned. For over a thousand years, it was the major source for the associations, motifs, and styles of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. Poetic and prose texts as dive...

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Weitere Verfasser: Duthie, Torquil (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Japanese
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Translations from the Asian classics.
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Zusammenfassung:"The Kokinshu is a thematically divided tenth-century collection of 1,111 Japanese waka poems that was imperially commissioned. For over a thousand years, it was the major source for the associations, motifs, and styles of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. Poetic and prose texts as diverse as The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book, and Basho's haikai poetry all draw from the Kokinshu, making this a foundational work for the study of classical Japanese literature. Duthie's new translation has the specific merit of using the formulaic poetic language that characterizes waka poems in a consistent way. In this volume, he presents a selection of the poems, preserving their narrative sequence, and an introduction geared to classroom use"--
Beschreibung:Translated from the Japanese.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 408 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231557054
0231557051

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