Matsuo Bash?'s Poetic Spaces: Exploring Haikai Intersections

Book Overview

Haikai is an art that parodies and often subverts its linguistic, generic, and personal predecessors, and its intersections include imaginative links to the rest of Japanese literature and culture. This collection of essays explores certain neglected aspects of this haikaimaster's literary and philosophical contributions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349533882
• ISBN13: 9781349533886
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"