The Iceland: 15 (New Directions Poetry Pamphlet) - Softcover

Hagiwara, S.; Sato, Hiroaki

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9780811221603: The Iceland: 15 (New Directions Poetry Pamphlet)

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ISBN 10: 0811221601 ISBN 13: 9780811221603

Publisher: New Directions, 2017

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Hagiwara writes in the preface: The author s past life was that of a disconsolate iceberg that drifts and flows in the extreme regions of the northern seas. Looking at the phantom-like auroras from various spots of the iceberg, he yearned, suffered, rejoiced, sorrowed, at times getting angry with himself, as he wandered on vainly with the tides . Above his heart were always the disconsolate clouded skies of the extreme regions, the soul-ripping winds of the Iceland howling, screaming. He wrote all that painful life and the diary of a real person in these poems. "

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About the Author:

Sakutaro Hagiwara (1886-1942) is a seminal figure in modern Japanese literature who broke traditional poetic forms in favor of a free verse style that mixed literary and everyday diction with intense imagery, deep philosophy, and verbal distortions.

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