The Poetics of Japanese Verse – Imagery, Structure, and Meter - Hardcover

Kawamoto, Koji; Collington, Stephen; Collins, Kevin; Heldt, Gustav

 
9780860085263: The Poetics of Japanese Verse – Imagery, Structure, and Meter
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0860085260 ISBN 13: 9780860085263
Publisher: University of Tokyo Press, 2020

Synopsis

Leading literary scholar and critic Koji Kawamoto examines traditional Japanese poetry and shows how the deceptively simple metrics of seven and five syllables packs information and intense emotional content into a short space. The book also provides an overview of the development of the waka and haiku forms.

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About the Author

Koji Kawamoto teaches literature at the University of Tokyo.

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Publisher
University of Tokyo Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0860085260
ISBN 13 
9780860085263
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320