The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse: From the Earliest Times to

The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse: From the Earliest Times to the Present (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works Japanese Series)

Poetry remains a living part of the culture of Japan today. The clichÃ©s of everyday speech are often to be traced to famous ancient poems, and the traditional forms of poetry are widely known and loved. The congenial attitude comes from a poetical history of about a millennium and a half. This classic collection of verse therefore contains poetry from the earliest, primitive period, through the Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods, ending with modern poetry from 1868 onwards, including the rising poets Tamura Ryuichi and Tanikawa Shuntaro.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780141190945
ReleaseDate 2009-12-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780141190945

The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse: From the Earliest Times to the Present (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works Japanese Series)