The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse: From the Earliest Times to the Present Paperback - 2009
by Various; Introduction by Geoffrey Bownas; Geoffrey Bownas (Translator)
The definitive anthology-unrivalled in scope and content
A millennium and a half old, Japan's poetry is widely known and loved around the world. Covering the earliest primitive period through the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muramachi, and Edo periods, right up to the modern day, The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse contains more than 700 poems, including short forms such as tanka and haiku, as well as folk-poetry, and more complex verse with which Western readers may be less familiar. Whether read for pleasure or scholarship, this accessible translation displays the full wit, sorrow, and subtlety of Japanese poetry and will remain the authoritative volume for years to come.
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A millennium and a half old, Japan's poetry is widely known and loved around the world. Covering the earliest primitive period through the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muramachi, and Edo periods, right up to the modern day, The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse contains more than 700 poems, including short forms such as tanka and haiku, as well as folk-poetry, and more complex verse with which Western readers may be less familiar. Whether read for pleasure or scholarship, this accessible translation displays the full wit, sorrow, and subtlety of Japanese poetry and will remain the authoritative volume for years to come.
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- Title The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse: From the Earliest Times to the Present
- Author Various; Introduction by Geoffrey Bownas; Geoffrey Bownas (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised ed.
- Pages 285
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, United Kingdom
- Date 2009-12-29
- ISBN 9780141190945 / 0141190949
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.76 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.93 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 895.610
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