Women Poets of Japan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811208206 ISBN 13: 9780811208208

Publisher: New Directions, 1982

Synopsis

From early as the seventh century up to the present day, no other has had so many important women poets as Japan.

In this collection (originally published by The Seabury Press in 1977 as The Burning Heart, Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi have assembled representative works of seventy-seven poets. Staring with the Classical Period (645-1604 A.D.), characterized by the wanka and tanka styles,followed by haiku poets of the Tokugawa period (to 1867), the subsequent modern tanka and haiku poets,and including the contemporary school of free verse―Women Poets of Japan records twelve hundred years of poetic accomplishment. Included are biographical notes on the individual poets, an essay on Japanese women and literature, and a table of historical periods.

About this title

About the Author:

Poet-essayist Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) was a high-school dropout, disillusioned ex-Communist, pacifist, anarchist, rock-climber, critic and translator, mentor, Catholic-Buddhist spiritualist and a prominent figure of San Francisco's Beat scene. He is regarded as a central figure of the San Francisco Renaissance and is among the first American poets to explore traditional Japanese forms such as the haiku.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Japanese (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0811208206
• ISBN 13: 9780811208208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Atsumi Ikuko, Rexroth Kenneth