Basho and His Interpreters : Selected Hokku with Commentary / Makoto Ueda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ueda, Makoto, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694--Criticism and interpretation.

Matsuo, Bashō.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 p.) : illus

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on the poems over the last three hundred years.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

ONE The Making of a Poet, 1644-1677

TWO Haikai Master in Edo, 1678-1683

THREE Two Western Journeys, 1684-1688

FOUR The Narrow Road to the Far North, 1689-1691

FIVE Last Years, 1692-1694

Notes on the Commentators

Glossary

Selected Bibliography for Further Reading

Index of Basho's Hokku in English

Index of Basho's Hokku in japanese

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2192-8

OCLC:

1322125471