Basho : the complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho / translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Andrew Fitzsimons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basho, Author.

Contributor:

Fitzsimons, Andrew, translator.

Series:

World Literature in Translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (508 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō. Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all. Andrew Fitzsimons' translation is the first to adhere strictly to form: all of the poems are translated following the syllabic count of the originals. This book also translates a number of Bashō's headnotes to poems ignored by previous English-language translators. In Fitzsimons' beautiful rendering, Bashō is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. His poetry explores the full range of social experience in Edo Japan as he moved among friends and followers high and low, the elite and the demi-monde, the less fortunate: poor farmers, abandoned children, disregarded elders. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Bashō for the first time, Fitzsimons' elegant translation--with an insightful introduction and helpful notes--allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Bashō Chronology

Introduction

The Poems. Part I

The Poems. Part II

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Poems in Japanese (Romaji)

Index of First Lines in Poems in English

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9780520385597

0520385594

OCLC:

1334888217