Hitomaro and the birth of Japanese lyricism / Ian Hideo Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Ian Hideo, 1950- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese poetry--To 794--History and criticism.

Japanese poetry.

Man'yōshū.

Kakinomoto, Hitomaro, active 689-700--Criticism and interpretation.

Kakinomoto, Hitomaro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Map of Yamato and Environs

INTRODUCTION

ONE / YAMATO TAKERU: THE MAGICAL METAPHOR

TWO / ŌMI: THE LYRICAL VOICE

THREE / HITOMARO: THE ICONIC IMAGE

FOUR / HITOMARO: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL METAPHOR

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF POEMS

GENERAL INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages [166]-168.

ISBN:

9780691640631

0691640637

9781400855834

1400855837

9780691612737

0691612730

OCLC:

889253842