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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828998403321

Autore

Matsuo Basho <1644-1694.>

Titolo

Basho's haiku : selected poems by Matsuo Basho / / translated by, annotated, and with an introduction by David Landis Barnhill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7914-8465-3

1-4237-4001-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarnhillDavid Landis

Disciplina

891.6/132

Soggetti

Haiku

Japanese poetry - Edo period, 1600-1868

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Basho�s Haiku""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Selected Chronology of the Life of Matsuo Basho""; ""Introduction: THE HAIKU POETRY OF MATSUO BASHO""; ""Translation of the Hokku""; ""NOTES""; ""Major Nature Images in Basho�s Hokku""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index to Basho�s Hokku in Translation""; ""Index to Basho�s Hokku in Japanese""; ""Index of Names""

Sommario/riassunto

2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleBasho's Haiku offers the most comprehensive translation yet of the poetry of Japanese writer Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), who is credited with perfecting and popularizing the haiku form of poetry. One of the most widely read Japanese writers, both within his own country and worldwide, Bashō is especially beloved by those who appreciate nature and those who practice Zen Buddhism. Born into the samurai class, Bashō rejected that world after the death of his master and became a wandering poet and teacher. During his travels across Japan, he became a lay Zen monk and studied history and classical poetry. His poems contained a mystical quality and expressed universal themes through simple images from the natural world.David Landis Barnhill's brilliant book strives for literal translations of Bashō's work, arranged chronologically in order to show Bashō's development as a writer. Avoiding wordy and explanatory translations, Barnhill captures the brevity and vitality of the original Japanese, letting the images suggest the depth of meaning involved.



Barnhill also presents an overview of haiku poetry and analyzes the significance of nature in this literary form, while suggesting the importance of Bashō to contemporary American literature and environmental thought.