Haiku: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library Pocket

Haiku: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

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 mastersâ€“Basho, Issa, Buson, Shikiâ€“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 centuryâ€“from Ezra Poundâ€™s â€œIn a Station of the Metroâ€ to William Carlos Williamsâ€™s â€œPrelude to Winter,â€ and from the irreverence of Jack Kerouac to the lyricism of Langston Hughes. The result is a collection as compact, dynamic, and scintillating as the form itself.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781400041282
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2003-11-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400041282

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781400041282
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2003-11-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400041282

Haiku: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

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