An Introduction to Japanese Court PoetryThe poetry written by the Japanese imperial court between A.D. 550 and 1350 is regarded as one of the great literatures of the world. This volume introduces readers to that literature, offering at once a condensation, a reorganization, and an extension (to A.D. 1500) of "Japanese Court Poetry" (1901). (Poetry) |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
ONE Courtly and Human Values I | 1 |
TWO Forms and Conventions | 18 |
THREE Hitomaro | 36 |
FOUR Major Poets from 686 to 784 | 55 |
FIVE Major Poets from 784 to 1100 | 79 |
SIX Major Poets from 1100 to 1241 | 101 |
SEVEN Major Poets from 1241 to 1500 | 123 |
EIGHT Major Themes | 144 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
anthology associated autumn aware beauty blossoms bring Buddhist called celebration century Chinese civilization classical collections complex conception concern conventions course court poetry courtly created criticism darkness Diary dream earlier early effect envoy essential example experience expression fact falls feeling flowers followed force give given heart Hito Hitomaro human imperial implies important integrated intensity Japanese Japanese court kind kokoro Lady language later leaves less lines literary literature lives look lover major man's means moon Narihira nature night once passion perhaps period person poems poetic poets possible Priest Prince reality renga scene seasonal seems sense sequence shows significance song spring style suggests symbolic Tale tanka technique Teika theme things thought tion tradition translated Tsurayuki understand usually wind woman women write
References to this book
Representations of Power: The Literary Politics of Medieval Japan Michele Marra Limited preview - 1993 |
As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States Masao Miyoshi No preview available - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry Monographs in language and literature Stanford University, Monographs in Language and Literature |
| Author | Earl Roy Miner |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press, 1978 |
| Length | 173 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |