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

• Autore: Matsuo Basho <1644-1694.>
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.6/132
• Soggetto topico: Haiku; Japanese poetry - Edo period, 1600-1868
• Altri autori: BarnhillDavid Landis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Bashoâ€?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 Bashoâ€?s Hokku""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index to Bashoâ€?s Hokku in Translation""; ""Index to Bashoâ€?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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bashō's haiku
• ISBN: 0-7914-8465-3; 1-4237-4001-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828998403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II