A lavish collector's edition of the complete poems of eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō.
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in English a full picture of the haiku of Bashō, 980 poems in all.
In Fitzsimons's beautiful rendering, Bashō is much more than a philosopher of the natural world and the leading exponent of a refined Japanese sensibility. He is also a poet of queer love and eroticism; of the city as well as the country, the indoors and the outdoors, travel and staying put; of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō reveals how this work speaks to our concerns today as much as it captures a Japan emerging from the Middle Ages. For dedicated scholars and those coming upon Bashō for the first time, this beautiful collector's edition of Fitzsimons's elegant award-winning translation, with the original Japanese, allows readers to enjoy these works in all their glory.
By:
Basho Translated by:
Andrew Fitzsimons Imprint: California Uni Pr Trade Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 680g ISBN:9780520400733 ISBN 10: 0520400739 Pages: 480 Publication Date:04 November 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Contents Bashō Chronology Introduction THE POEMS Acknowledgments Glossary Bibliography Index of Poems in Japanese (Romaji) Index of Poems in Japanese Index of First Lines of Poems in English Index of Names
Andrew Fitzsimons was born in Ireland and teaches at Gakushuin University, Tokyo. He has written on contemporary Irish and British poetry; translated Italian poets, including Dante, Montale, and Ungaretti; and published three volumes of poetry.