American Haiku, Eastern Philosophies, and Modernist Poetics

by Yoshinobu Hakutani

American Haiku, Eastern Philosophies, and Modernist Poetics traces the genesis and development of haiku in Japan as it transformed over the years and eventually made its way to the Western world. Yoshinobu Hakutani analyzes the prominent Eastern philosophies expressed through haiku, such as Confucianism and Zen, and the aesthetic principles of yugen, sabi, and wabi. Hakutani discusses several reinventions of haiku, from Matsuo Basho's transformation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793634505
• ISBN13: 9781793634504
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"