Jack Kerouac and the Traditions of Classic and Modern Haiku

by Yoshinobu Hakutani

Book Overview

Jack Kerouac and the Traditions of Classic and Modern Haiku is a reading of the haiku collected in Jack Kerouac's Book of Haikus, edited by Regina Weinreich, (2003), one of the two largest collections of English haiku. "Above all," Kerouac wrote in his journal, "a Haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and makes a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi Pastorella." Before trying his hand at composing haiku,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498558291
• ISBN13: 9781498558297
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"