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Reading Japanese haikai poetry : a study in the polyphony of Yosa Buson's linked poems / by Herbert Jonsson.
LIBRA PL794.7.Z5 J66 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jonsson, Herbert, author.
- Series:
- Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 56.
- Brill's Japanese studies library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yosa, Buson, 1716-1784--Criticism and interpretation.
- Yosa, Buson.
- Yosa, Buson, 1716-1784.
- Haikai--History and criticism.
- Haikai.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 262 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Japanese haikai poetry
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
- Summary:
- "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 -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 A Comparison of Haikai Commentaries
- 1 The Commentary as Method 13
- Presentation of the Commentaries 16
- A Note about the Investigation 19
- 2 Thinner, yet Thinner 21
- Reading 25
- 3 While the Cherries Bloom 75
- Reading 79
- 4 Lamenting Spring 122
- Reading 125
- Part 2 Verse Linking by Scent Reconsidered
- 5 Nioizuke 159
- Origin in Linked Poetry 160
- Matsuo Basho 161
- Modern Interpretations 164
- An Explanation from the Eighteenth Century 175
- Nioizuke as a Method of Analysis 187
- 6 As I Halt My Step 191
- Reading 194
- 7 This Shuddering Autumn 209
- Reading 212
- 8 You and Me 227
- Reading 230
- Reflections 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jonsson, Herbert H., author. Reading Japanese haikai poetry.
- ISBN:
- 9789004311183
- 9004311181
- OCLC:
- 928781156
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