The Kokinsh: Selected Poems by Torquil Duthie (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Kokinsh by Torquil Duthie Compiled in the early tenth century, the Kokinsh is an anthology of some eleven hundred poems that became celebrated as the cornerstone of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. This book offers an inviting and immersive selection of roughly one-third of the anthology in English translation. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Compiled in the early tenth century, the KokinshÜ is an anthology of some eleven hundred poems that aimed to elevate the prestige of vernacular Japanese poetry at the imperial court. From shortly after its completion to the end of the nineteenth century, it was celebrated as the cornerstone of the Japanese vernacular poetic tradition. The composition of classical poetry, other later poetic forms such as linked verse and haikai, and vernacular Japanese literary writing in its entirety (including classic works such as Murasaki Shikibus Tale of Genji and Sei Shnagons Pillow Book) all draw from the KokinshÜ.This book offers an inviting and immersive selection of roughly one-third of the anthology in English translation. Torquil Duthie focuses on rendering the poetic language of the KokinshÜ as a whole, in such a way that readers can understand and experience how its poems work together to create a literary world. He emphasizes that classical Japanese poems do not stand alone as self-contained artifacts but take part in an ongoing intertextual conversation. Duthie provides translations and interpretations of the two prefaces to the KokinshÜ, which deeply influenced Japanese literary aesthetics. The book also includes critical essays on various aspects of the anthology and its history. This translation helps specialist and nonspecialist readers alike appreciate the beauty and richness of the KokinshÜ, as well as its significance for the Japanese literary tradition. Author Biography Torquil Duthie is professor of Japanese literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Manysh and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan (2014). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. TranslationMana PrefaceSelected Poems from the KokinwakashKana PrefacePart II. Essays1. Poetry Before the Heian Period2. The Heian Court and Kana Writing3. The Conception and Structure of the Kokinsh4. Topics of Composition5. Prosody and Rhetorical Conventions6. The Kokinsh Prefaces7. The Kokinsh Text and Its Commentarial Tradition8. Translating the KokinshAppendix: Poets in This BookBibliography and Further ReadingIndex Review These eminently readable and often beautiful translations will appeal to a new generation of readers in Japanese studies and beyond. The accompanying essays survey the genesis and afterlives of the collection and offer significant new insights on the original language of the poems and how to appreciate them in translation. -- Joseph T. Sorensen, author of Optical Allusions: Screens, Paintings, and Poetry in Classical Japan (ca. 800–1200)From the cries of the warbler in spring to the lonely nights of longing for a lover, Duthie offers fresh translations from each book of the Kokinsh, while grounding us in histories of scripts, reading and writing practices, and the power of poetry in premodern Japan. -- Christina Laffin, author of Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun AbutsuThis book should appeal to anyone interested in Japanese poetry, both for its evocative rendering of selections from the Kokinsh and for its concisely informative account of the classic waka anthology. -- Gustav Heldt, translator of The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters Review Quote This book should appeal to anyone interested in Japanese poetry, both for its evocative rendering of selections from the Kokinshu and for its concisely informative account of the classic waka anthology. Details ISBN023120762X Short Title The Kokinsh Publisher Columbia University Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 023120762X ISBN-13 9780231207621 Format Hardcover Subtitle Selected Poems Translator Torquil Duthie Author Torquil Duthie Imprint Columbia University Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translated from Japanese Pages 432 AU Release Date 2023-05-23 NZ Release Date 2023-05-23 US Release Date 2023-05-23 Publication Date 2023-05-23 UK Release Date 2023-05-23 Series Translations from the Asian Classics DEWEY 895.61108 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161840378;

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