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The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku Paperback - 2010

Name: The Haiku Handbook -25th Anniversary Edition: How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku
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Author: Higginson, William J
ISBN: 9784770031136

by William J. Higginson; Penny Harter (With); Foreword by Jane Reichhold

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The Haiku Handbook is the first book to give readers everything they need to begin appreciating, writing, or teaching haiku. In this groundbreaking and now-classic volume, the authors present haiku poets writing in English, Spanish, French, German, and five other languages on an equal footing with Japanese poets. Not only are the four great Japanese masters of the haiku represented (Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki) but also major Western authors not commonly known to have written poetry in this form, including Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac and Richard Wright. 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 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.

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Title The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku
Author William J. Higginson; Penny Harter (With); Foreword by Jane Reichhold
Binding Paperback
Edition 25 Anv
Pages 331
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Kodansha
Date 2010-03
ISBN 9784770031136 / 4770031130
Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
Dimensions 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (22.10 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Haiku - History and criticism, Haiku - Technique
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009036628
Dewey Decimal Code 808.1

About the author

WILLIAM J. HIGGINSON (1938-2008) has been called "the guru of American haiku." For over 40 years, Higginson translated, wrote, commented about, lectured and taught haiku. He was the author or editor of more than 30 books. PENNY HARTER is a much-published and award-winning poet, a poet-in-residence for the New Jersey State Council of the Arts and a teacher who travels widely giving workshops and lectures.