The Secret Island and the Enticing Flame
Author | : Edwin A. Cranston |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2010-03-31 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1942242425 |
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Author | : Edwin A. Cranston |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2010-03-31 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1942242425 |
Author | : Edwin A. Cranston |
Publisher | : Cornell East Asia Series |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Japanese poetry |
ISBN | : 9781933947426 |
The three "essays" in this book draw on the translator's work on love poetry - classical waka and the tanka of Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)--but also introduce the prose poems and free verse of a contemporary surrealist poet, Mizuno Ruriko, whose themes are childhood and the loss of innocence. "The Secret Island and the Enticing Flame" shows the translator of poetry experimenting with three different ways to present the results of his craft. "In the Dark of the Year" is an essay in sequencing. Cranston arranges translations of fifty love poems in the tanka form, ranging from the ancient chronicle Kojiki to the contemporary poet Tawara Machi, in an examination of desire, melancholy, and despair. The arrangement, inspired by the technique of association and progression, suggests an ongoing love story and limns the essence of the classical love tradition. "Young Akiko: The Literary Debut of Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)" adopts a biographical approach. Richly documented with the astonishing tanka of the young poet who burst on the literary scene in 1900, this essay updates the author's article originally published in 1977 in Literature East and West. Finally, the longest essay, "The Dark at the Bottom of the Dish: Fishing for Myth in the Poetry of Mizuno Ruriko," shows Cranston "working outside his usual box," on the poems of a contemporary surrealist whose deepest themes are childhood and loss of innocence. Mizuno, hitherto not well known outside Japan, is a master of the prose poem and free verse. Cranston's essay shows the translator searching for the mysterious power that draws him to a poetry quite different from any on which he has previously worked.
Author | : Leith Morton |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2023-01-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0472220926 |
The poetry of Yosano Akiko covers all the many and varied aspects of the experience of love—from early romantic encounters between the lover and beloved to the intimate pleasures of mutual infatuation and then true love. The journey outlined in Akiko’s verse also grapples with jealousy and unrequited passion, as Akiko’s poem-narrative treats the rivalry between herself and her best friend, the poet Yamakawa Tomiko, for the affection of the dashing young literary lion, Yosano Tekkan, who later became Akiko’s husband. Thus, How Dark Is My Flower: Yosano Akiko and the Invention of Romantic Love tells a number of stories: a real-life romance unfolds in the poetry of these three poets examined in the book, as well as the story of the journey from romanticism to modernism undertaken by early 20th century Japanese poetry. How Dark Is My Flower emphasizes the astonishing innovations in diction and style, not to mention content, in Akiko’s work that transformed the tanka genre from a hidebound and conservative mode of verse to something much more daring and modern. This book pays particular attention to poetry, particularly the tanka genre, in the evolution of modernism in Japanese literature and breaks new ground in the study of modern Japanese literature by examining the invention and evolution of the concept of romantic love.
Author | : Mikiso Hane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2018-04-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429961987 |
This book presents the essential facts of modern Japanese history. It covers a variety of important developments through the 1990s, giving special consideration to how traditional Japanese modes of thought and behavior have affected the recent developments.
Author | : Shuntaro Tanikawa |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2011-08-31 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1933947977 |
Author | : Beng Choo Lim |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-12-31 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1942242638 |
Author | : Hugh de Ferranti |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2010-03-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1942242433 |
Author | : Mikiso Hane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 2018-03-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0429974604 |
Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan's early history, emphasizing institutions and systems that influenced Japanese society, provides a well-rounded introduction to this essential volume, which focuses on the Tokugawa period to the present. The fifth edition of Modern Japan is updated throughout to include the latest information on Japan's international relations, including secret diplomatic correspondence recently disclosed on WikiLeaks. This edition brings Japanese history up to date in the post 9/11 era, detailing current issues such as: the impact of the Gulf Wars on Japanese international relations, the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear accident, the recent tumultuous change of political leadership, and Japan's current economic and global status. An updated chronological chart, list of prime ministers, and bibliography are also included.
Author | : Ken C. Kawashima |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2014-01-31 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1942242689 |
Tosaka Jun (1900–1945) was one of modern Japan's most unique and important critics of capitalism, the emperor system, imperialism, and everyday life in wartime Japan. This collection of translations contains some of Tosaka's most important essays and original articles on Tosaka.