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Light verse from the floating world : an anthology of premodern Japanese senryu
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Light verse from the floating world : an anthology of premodern Japanese senryu

Author: Makoto Ueda
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Similar in form to the well-known, more serious haiku, the satirical - and often humorous - poems known as senryu have received little scholarly attention. This title explores the elements of humor  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Translations into English
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Makoto Ueda
ISBN: 0231115504 9780231115506 0231115512 9780231115513
OCLC Number: 40881563
Description: ix, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. We Are Swordless, but Not Wordless --
2. The Mad, Mad World of Work --
3. Love in Chains --
4. The Battle of the Sexes --
5. Dimpled Little Lunatics --
6. The Battle of the Generations --
7. Playboys of the Floating World --
8. Let Us Laugh with the Seasons --
9. Heroes Without Halos --
10. The Way of the Townsman.
Responsibility: compiled, translated, and with an introduction by Makoto Ueda.

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<p>"A must for any teacher or student of Japanese poetry." -- "CHOICE Magazine"

 
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