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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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THE ENDS OF METER IN MODERN JAPANESE POETRY -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Personal Names -- Introduction: Making Forms New, Making New Forms -- 1. New Styles of Criticism for a New Style of Poetry -- 2. "This Dead Form, Begone": The Shi of Kitamura Tōkoku and the Debate over Meter -- 3. A Disaster Averted: Masaoka Shiki and the Value of Brevity -- 4. Difficulty in Poetry: Kanbara Ariake and the Experimenters in Prosody -- 5. Kawaji Ryūkō and the New Poetry -- Epilogue: A Form to Express Anything Whatsoever -- Appendix A. Ariake's Meters |
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Appendix B. Ariake's Stanza Forms -- Appendix C. A Word about Terminology: syllable vs. mora vs. moji -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
The Ends of Meter in Modern Japanese Poetry draws on materials written in German, Spanish, English, and French, recreating the global poetry culture within which the most ambitious Meiji-era Japanese poets vied for position |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Translating and interpreting -- Japan -- History -- 19th century
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Japanese literature -- Foreign influences -- History -- 19th century
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Japanese literature -- Foreign influences
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Translating and interpreting
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781501761195 |
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1501761196 |
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