Linked Verse in Medieval Japan History, Commentary, Performance

Horton, H. MacK

ISBN 10: 0231191146 / ISBN 13: 9780231191142

Edité par Columbia Univ Pr, 2025

784 pages. 9.25x6.12x9.30 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 0231191146

Synopsis :

Linked verse (renga) was the most popular form of poetry in Japan's medieval era (c. 1200-1600 CE). Renga poets linked verses of seventeen and fourteen syllables into long sequences in accordance with complex rules and literary allusions; the first verse, which initially stood alone, was the ancestor of the modern haiku. Courtiers, warriors, and commoners alike practiced linked verse in an atmosphere of literary artistry, scholarship, social sensitivity, and charged competition. The masters were often invited at great expense to warrior domains to preside at linked-verse sessions and provide instruction in the art and in allied works of the classical canon, such as The Tale of Genji. Some of Japan's most famous poets, among them Sōgi and Bashō, not only composed renga sequences still revered today but also made important contributions to the study of renga history, theory, composition, and etiquette.

This book is the most comprehensive work in English on premodern Japanese linked verse. It includes a history of the genre in both its formal (ushin) and unorthodox (haikai) manifestations up through the time of Bashō, an introduction to linked-verse composition and commentaries, and an overview of the art's performative aspects. These three parts are each linked to original English translations: an early treatise on renga history, theory, and rules; a particularly intricate hundred-verse sequence and its contemporary commentaries; and two guides to mental attitude and deportment at a renga session. Wide-ranging and erudite, Linked Verse in Medieval Japan is a masterful account of the history, theory, and practice of one of Japan's great art forms.

À propos de l?auteur: H. Mack Horton is Catherine and William L. Magistretti Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Song in an Age of Discord: The Journal of Sôchô and Poetic Life in Late Medieval Japan (Stanford University Press, 2002), The Journal of Sôchô (Stanford University Press, 2002), and Traversing the Frontier: The Man'yôshû Account of a Japanese Mission to Silla in 736-37 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2012).

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Titre : Linked Verse in Medieval Japan History, ...
Éditeur : Columbia Univ Pr
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Brand New