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Essential Haiku - Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa (Paperback, First UK edition of title previously published in the US)
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Essential Haiku - Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa (Paperback, First UK edition of title previously published in the US)
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The Essential Haiku brings together Robert Hass's beautifully fresh
translations of the three great masters of the Japanese haiku
tradition: Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the ascetic and seeker, and the
haiku poet most familiar to English readers; Yosa Buson (1716-83),
the artist, a painter renowned for his visually expressive poetry;
and Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), the humanist, whose haiku are known
for their poignant or ironic wit. Each haiku master's section of
the book is prefaced with an eloquent and informative introduction
by Robert Hass, followed by a selection of over 100 poems and then
by other poetry or prose by the poet, including journals and nature
writing. Opening with Hass's superb introductory essay on haiku,
the book concludes with a section devoted to Basho's writings and
conversations on poetry. The seventeen-syllable haiku form is
rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of nature, of
making poetry from subtle suggestion. Each haiku is a meditation, a
centring, a crystalline moment of realisation. Reading them has a
way of bringing about calm and peace within the reader. The
symbolism of the seasons and the Japanese habit of mind blend
together in these poems to create an alchemy of reflection that is
unsurpassed in literature. Infused by its great practitioners with
the spirit of Zen Buddhism, the haiku served as an example of the
power of direct observation to the first generation of American
modernist poets like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams as well
as an example of spontaneity and Zen alertness to the new poets of
post-war America and Britain. Universal in its appeal, Robert
Hass's The Essential Haiku is the definitive introduction to haiku
and its greatest poets, and has been a bestseller in America for
twenty years. 'I know that for years I didn't see how deeply
personal these poems were or, to say it another way, how much they
have the flavour - Basho might have said "the scent" - of
particular human life, because I had been told and wanted to
believe that haiku were never subjective. I think it was D.H.
Lawrence who said the soul can get to heaven in one leap but that,
if it does, it leaves a demon in its place. Better to sink down
through the level of these poems - their attention to the year,
their ideas about it, the particular human consciousness the poems
reflect, Basho's profound loneliness and sense of suffering,
Buson's evenness of temper, his love for the materials of art and
for the colour and shape of things, Issa's pathos and comedy and
anger' - Robert Hass.
General
Imprint: |
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Robert Hass
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Dimensions: |
198 x 158 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
First UK edition of title previously published in the US |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-85224-972-4 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Japanese
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-85224-972-2 |
Barcode: |
9781852249724 |
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