The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku

Higginson, William J.; Higginson, W. J.

ISBN 10: 0070287864 / ISBN 13: 9780070287860

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies (edition First Edition), 1985

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070287864
• ISBN 13: 9780070287860
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

With a new foreword by poet, translator, and author Jane Reichhold ("Basho: The Complete Haiku"), this anniversary edition presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the dynamic changes of the haiku throughout the twentieth century as this beloved poetry form has been adapted to modern and urban settings. Full chapters are offered on form, the seasons in haiku, and haiku craft, plus background on the Japanese poetic tradition and the effect of translation on our understanding of haiku. Other unique features are chapters on teaching and sharing haiku, with lesson plans for both elementary and secondary school use; a seasonal word index of poetic words; a comprehensive glossary; and a list of enduring classic resources for further exploration. By any standard, "The Haiku Handbook" is the defining volume in the genre.

Review

"Indispensable." -- Alexis Rotella, East West Journal

"Informative and engaging." -- Newsweek

"Sure to become the standard text on the subject." -- Booklist

"The most comprehensive compendium of the haiku--its nature, uses, and history--ever to appear in English..." -- Cor van den Heuvel, author, The Haiku Anthology

"Verve, erudition, and catholic selection of examples..." --The Virginia Quarterly Review