How to Read a Japanese Poem

by Steven D. Carter

Book Overview

How to Read a Japanese Poem offers a comprehensive approach to making sense of traditional Japanese poetry of all genres and periods. Steven D. Carter explains to Anglophone students the methods of composition and literary interpretation used by Japanese poets, scholars, and critics from ancient times to the present, and adds commentary that will assist the modern reader.

How to Read a Japanese Poem presents readings of poems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231186835
• ISBN13: 9780231186834
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"