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Simple yet capable of great complexity, the haiku is a tightly structured verse form that has a remarkable power to distill the essence of a moment keenly perceived. For centuries confined to a small literary elite in Japan, the writing of haiku is now practiced all over the world by those who are fascinated by its combination of technical challenge, expressive means, and extreme concentration.
This anthology brings together hundreds of haiku by the Japanese masters--Basho, Issa, Buson, Shiki--with superb examples from nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. The pioneering translator R. H. Blyth believed that the spirit of haiku is present in all great poetry; inspired by him, the editor of this volume has included lines from such poets as Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Thoreau, and Hopkins, presented here in haiku form. Following them are haiku and haiku-influenced poems of the twentieth century--from Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" to William Carlos Williams's "Prelude to Winter," and from the irreverence of Jack Kerouac to the lyricism of Richard Wright. The result is a collection as compact, dynamic, and scintillating as the form itself.
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- Title Haiku
- Author Peter Washington (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Everyman's Library, New York
- Date November 11, 2003
- Features Bookmark, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781400041282 / 1400041287
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 6.5 x 4.4 x 0.72 in (16.51 x 11.18 x 1.83 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Haiku
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003054969
- Dewey Decimal Code 895.610
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