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Reading Japanese haikai poetry : a study in the polyphony of Yosa Buson's linked poems / by Herbert H. Jonsson.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jonsson, Herbert H., author.
- Series:
- Brill's Japanese studies library ; Volume 56.
- Brill's Japanese Studies Library, 0925-6512 ; Volume 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haikai--History and criticism.
- Haikai.
- Yosa, Buson, 1716-1784--Criticism and interpretation.
- Yosa, Buson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Herbert Jonsson
- Introduction / Herbert Jonsson
- 1 The Commentary as Method / Herbert Jonsson
- 2 Thinner, yet Thinner / Herbert Jonsson
- 3 While the Cherries Bloom / Herbert Jonsson
- 4 Lamenting Spring / Herbert Jonsson
- 5 Nioizuke / Herbert Jonsson
- 6 As I Halt My Step / Herbert Jonsson
- 7 This Shuddering Autumn / Herbert Jonsson
- 8 You and Me / Herbert Jonsson
- Reflections / Herbert Jonsson
- Works Cited / Herbert Jonsson
- General Index / Herbert Jonsson
- Index of Season Words / Herbert Jonsson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-31121-1
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004311213 DOI
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