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Reading Japanese haikai poetry : a study in the polyphony of Yosa Buson's linked poems /

"In Reading Japanese Haikai Poetry Herbert Jonsson makes an inquiry into the multitude ways in which Japanese linked haikai poetry has been read and understood. A number of poems composed by the eighteenth-century master Yosa Buson are analyzed in great detail. Although closely related to the p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jonsson, Herbert H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 56.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Reading Japanese Haikai Poetry Herbert Jonsson makes an inquiry into the multitude ways in which Japanese linked haikai poetry has been read and understood. A number of poems composed by the eighteenth-century master Yosa Buson are analyzed in great detail. Although closely related to the popular haiku, haikai is often regarded as difficult for non-specialists, but this study offers the reader a wealth of explanations, displaying the varied perspectives available. The first part of the book consists of a thorough investigation of how these poems have been interpreted in the Japanese commentary tradition. The second concluding part offers an innovative study of the poetics of scent (nioizuke), essential for understanding the creative force of this poetry --
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 262 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004311213
9004311211
9004311181
9789004311183