Renku Reckoner

Author : John Carley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-16
Category : Renku
ISBN : 9780986976339

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Renku Reckoner by John Carley Pdf

Descriptions, seasonal schemas, appraisals and examples of twelve traditional and modern renku forms, from the 36-verse kasen to the 4-verse yotsumono. 19 chapters on renku theory and practice, including a series of carefully constructed exercises. Carley's reputation as a leading theorist in English-language renku is the result of 15 years' work, during which time he led hundreds of linked verse sequences and translated a significant number of Edo-period kasen. This book is the culmination of those efforts. In addition to reworked and expanded versions of previously published articles, Renku Reckoner contains several new chapters expounding the author's latest arguments, as well as a dozen complete poems, some never before published, including a new translation of the Basho-school kasen ""Purveyors of Verse"" (Shi akindo, 1682). This authoritative work will be a welcome addition to the library of any poet or reader, beginner or advanced, with a serious interest in collaborative poetry in English.

Author : Paul Sirett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350204317

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The Playwright's Manifesto by Paul Sirett Pdf

Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 A manifesto for the future of playwriting, this book challenges you to be a part of that future in the belief that it is fundamentally important to write plays. Plays help us understand ourselves, others, and the world around us. Reading this book, you will be challenged to learn your craft, explode what you know, prioritise what is important to you, and write in the way that only you can write. Most books on playwriting explain how to create a believable character in a story driven by plot. This book, however, goes even further in its exploration of the playwright's most valuable tool: theatricality. By learning from the past, and the present, the playwrights of tomorrow can create new, vivid, theatrical drama for the future. This manifesto also examines the process of writing, the art of collaboration, and the impact of writing on a playwright's mental health. It identifies the highs and lows, as well as the trials and tribulations, of life as a playwright in today's world. Theatre is a living artform. It is time for playwrights to acknowledge that fact and to celebrate the unique, primal thrill that a live theatre experience offers us. The future of playwriting is in your hands. Do you accept the challenge?

Author : Steven D. Carter
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231156486

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Haiku Before Haiku by Steven D. Carter Pdf

While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for three hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to haiku in syllable count and structure but function differently as a genre. Whereas each haiku is its own constellation of image and meaning, hokku opens a a series of linked, collaborative stanzas in a sequence called renga. Under the mastery of Basho, hokku first gained its modern independence. His talents evolved the style into the haiku beloved by so many poets today& mdash;Richard Wright, Jack Kerouac, and Billy Collins being notable devotees. This anthology reproduces 300 Japanese hokku poems composed between the thirteenth and early eighteenth centuries, from the work of the courtier Nijo Yoshimoto to the genre's first "professional" master, Sogi, and his subsequent disciples. It also features twenty masterpieces by Basho himself. Steven Carter, a renowned scholar of Japanese poetry and prominent translator, includes an introduction covering the history of haiku and the form's aesthetics and classifies these poems according to style and context& mdash;distinguishing early renga from Haikai renga and renga from the Edo period, for example. His rich commentary and analysis illuminates each work, and he adds their romanized versions and notes on composition and setting, as well as brief descriptions of the poets and the times in which they wrote.

Author : Matsuo Basho
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780141913650

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho Pdf

'It was with awe That I beheld Fresh leaves, green leaves, Bright in the sun' When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness of the moon and the beauty of the waterfall, through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These writings not only chronicle Basho's travels, but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him. Translated with an Introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa

Author : Model ready reckoner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590687707

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The model ready reckoner by Model ready reckoner Pdf

Author : Fumiko Nakajō,ハツエ・川村,Jane Reichhold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Waka
ISBN : 4789011615

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Breasts of Snow by Fumiko Nakajō,ハツエ・川村,Jane Reichhold Pdf

Author : Matsuo Bashō
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791484654

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Bashō's Haiku by Matsuo Bashō Pdf

2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Basho's Haiku offers the most comprehensive translation yet of the poetry of Japanese writer Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), who is credited with perfecting and popularizing the haiku form of poetry. One of the most widely read Japanese writers, both within his own country and worldwide, Bashō is especially beloved by those who appreciate nature and those who practice Zen Buddhism. Born into the samurai class, Bashō rejected that world after the death of his master and became a wandering poet and teacher. During his travels across Japan, he became a lay Zen monk and studied history and classical poetry. His poems contained a mystical quality and expressed universal themes through simple images from the natural world. David Landis Barnhill's brilliant book strives for literal translations of Bashō's work, arranged chronologically in order to show Bashō's development as a writer. Avoiding wordy and explanatory translations, Barnhill captures the brevity and vitality of the original Japanese, letting the images suggest the depth of meaning involved. Barnhill also presents an overview of haiku poetry and analyzes the significance of nature in this literary form, while suggesting the importance of Bashō to contemporary American literature and environmental thought.

Author : Sonja Arntzen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922169404

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Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology by Sonja Arntzen Pdf

Arntzen's classic study and select translation of the Japanese medieval Zen poetry Crazy Cloud Anthology (Kyōunshū 狂雲集) by the Buddhist monk Ikkyū 一休 (1394-1481) is a carefully revised edition of the 1986 University of Tokyo Press edition which was issued as part of the Japanese series of the UNESCO collection of representative works. This Quirin Press Edition offers the following features: - Fully revised, updated, and expanded by the author. - Contains additional selected poems from Ikkyū's 一休 Kyōunshū 狂雲集 with text in Chinese script, and Japanese kundoku reading in Romanization. - Carefully typeset and proofed for typographical errors and inconsistencies. - Includes a new Preface and Afterword. Keywords: Zen poetry, Japanese -- Translations into English. Ikkyū 一休, 1394-1481. Buddhist monks -- Japan. Ikkyū Sōjun 一休宗純 (1394-1481), Zen monk and poet, is an unconventional figure in Japanese literary history. An eccentric personality, he raged at the corruption and hypocrisy of the wealthy Zen monastic system of his day. Defiantly living outside that institution for much of his life, his community included artists, actors, and women entertainers/ brothel girls. Many of his poems have sexual desire at their core, engaging with it as a kōan. Authentic Zen master as well as sensual lyricist, Ikkyū created some of the most original poetry in the entire Zen tradition. Translations from the Crazy Cloud Anthology, or Kyōunshū 狂雲集, Ikkyū's major collection of poetry in literary Chinese, form the core of this work. Ikkyū's biography and historical context of medieval Japan are outlined in the first part of the introduction. The analysis sections provide a portal for the reader to enter the world of the poems by demonstrating how Ikkyū's poetry produces experiences of Zen most often through the dialectical use of allusion. Ikkyū's non-conformism in response to a troubled, uncertain time will strike a sympathetic chord in the modern reader. Students of Japanese literature and religion, culture and history will find Ikkyū an engaging figure. And lovers of poetry will be inspired by his candour and free spirit. Originally published by University of Tokyo Press in 1986 as part of the Japanese series of the UNESCO collection of representative works, the present Quirin Press edition both augments and revises this seminal exploration of Ikkyū's key poetic output.

Author : William J. Higginson,ペニー ハーター,Penny Harter,Jane Reichhold
Publisher : Kodansha USA Incorporated
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 4770031130

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The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson,ペニー ハーター,Penny Harter,Jane Reichhold Pdf

Presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the changes of the haiku throughout the twentieth century as this beloved poetry form has been adapted to modern and urban settings. This title offers full chapters on form, the seasons in haiku, and haiku craft, as well as background on the Japanese poetic tradition. With a new foreword by poet, translator, and author Jane Reichhold ('Basho: The Complete Haiku'), this anniversary edition presents a concise history of the Japanese haiku, including the dynamic changes of the haiku throughout the twentieth century as this beloved

Author : Ramesh Kala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9386455013

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Beyond the Horizon Beyond by Ramesh Kala Pdf

Author : H. Mack Horton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0804732841

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Song in an Age of Discord by H. Mack Horton Pdf

This is a companion volume to the author's translation of Saiokuken Socho's The Journal of Socho (Stanford, 2002). The volume gives an overview of the author's life and times, explores the relationships between politicians, patronage, and the creative process, and reads the journal in terms of the standard norms of genres that Socho appropriated and reinterpreted.

Author : Peggy Willis Lyles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Haiku, American
ISBN : 1929820038

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To Hear the Rain by Peggy Willis Lyles Pdf

Ferris Gilli writes, OA great number of Peggy Lyles? poems frame rich and timeless fragments of life, depicting moments that are the precious heritage of generation after generation.O This is a collection of 148 of Lyles' best haiku collected from over 25 years work.mother-daughtersmall talk . . .snap beans

Author : Rodney Williams,Helen Timbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Australian poetry
ISBN : 1740278003

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A Bird-loving Man by Rodney Williams,Helen Timbury Pdf

Collects haiku, tanka, haibun, tanka prose and sequences from a variety of locations and experience.

Author : Hiroaki Sato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Haiku
ISBN : OCLC:1392383425

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One Hundred Frogs by Hiroaki Sato Pdf

Author : Pamela A. Babusci,Pamela a Babusci MS
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1492846740

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A Solitary Woman by Pamela A. Babusci,Pamela a Babusci MS Pdf

"There are many reasons to fall in love with A Solitary Woman. I did! Lovely, sensuous, brave, spirited tanka in the tradition of Izumi Shikubu, Yosano Akiko, Akitsu Ei and countless others who took the joys and pains of love, life and loss and transformed them into poetry. Hats off to Ms.Babusci for digging deep and unearthing the light in even the darkest moments of the heart. The ancient tradition of tanka lives on around the world, and Ms. Babusci is testament to its enduring power and grace." --Leza Lowitz, Editor of A Long Rainy Season: Contemporary Haiku and Tanka by Japanese Women and Author, Green Tea to Go: Stories from Tokyo Pamela A. Babusci is an artist. When she writes tanka she "puts a brush into paint & paint onto canvas" and not one shade of emotion or experience is absent from her palette. Hanging comfortably alongside van Gogh's Starry Night, Picasso's Blue Nude and O'Keeffe's Red Canna are honest self- portraits, passionate abstracts, landscapes of a life and soul laid bare. These are tanka of love, grief, pain, strength, longing, and at the heart of each, the pulse of every woman is palpable. In the hands of this gifted poet, A Solitary Woman is an invitation to a private viewing of a remarkable collection. -- Claire Everett, Editor of Skylark and author of twelve moons.