Yoshinobu Hakutani

American Haiku, Eastern Philosophies, and Modernist Poetics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and its history as one of the most popular East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchanges in modern and postmodern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781793634504
• ISBN-10: 1793634505
• Artikelnr.: 59942937

Autorenporträt

Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English and University Distinguished Scholar at Kent State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Genesis and Development of Haiku in Japan
Chapter 2: Classic Haiku Tradition
Chapter 3: Modernist Haiku Poetics
Chapter 4: Ezra Pound, Imagism, and Haiku
Chapter 5: Richard Wright's Haiku and Modernist Poetics
Chapter 6: Wright's Haiku, Zen, and the African "Primal Outlook upon Life"
Chapter 7: Jack Kerouac's Haiku and Classic Haiku Poetics
Chapter 8: Kerouac's Haiku and Beat Poetics
Chapter 9: Kerouac's Haiku and The Dharma Bums
Chapter 10: Sonia Sanchez's Haiku and Blues Poetics
Chapter 11: James Emanuel's Jazz Haiku
Bibliography
About the Author