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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486440419
ISBN-13
9780486440415
eBay Product ID (ePID)
127449268
Product Key Features
Original Language
Japanese
Book Title
Japanese Love Poems : Selections from the Manyoshu
Number of Pages
112 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
4.7 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-041345
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
895.6/11
Synopsis
Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry, the "Manyoshu is virtually silent on the topics of war and the martial spirit; explorations of the many forms of love, however, appear throughout the collection's more than 4,000 poems. This original selection of verses from the time-honored collection comprises paeans to conjugal love, celebrations of intense filial piety and the love between brothers and sisters, descriptions of the fierce competition for spouses, and tributes to forbidden attachments. The "Manyo poets wrote in a primitively vital and sensuous language, and their frequent experiments with form offer stimulating reading. Text is in English only., This original selection of verses from the time-honored collection of Japanese poetry reflects the many facets of love, from paeans to conjugal love to descriptions of fierce competition for spouses. Text is in English only., Known as the ""Collection of Myriad Leaves,"" or the ""Collection for a Myriad Ages,"" the Manyoshu is Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry. The poems date from the eighth century and earlier, and their simplicity and sincerity offer glimpses of a literary culture beginning to define itself.The Manyoshu is virtually silent on the topics of war and the martial spirit; explorations of the many forms of love, however, appear throughout the collection's more than 4,000 poems. The poems selected for this volume comprise paeans to conjugal love, celebrations of intense filial piety and the love between brothers and sisters, descriptions of the fierce competition for spouses, and tributes to forbidden attachments. The Manyo poets wrote in a primitively vital and sensuous language as they experimented with form and subject., Known as the "Collection of Myriad Leaves," or the "Collection for a Myriad Ages," the Manyoshu is Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry. The poems date from the eighth century and earlier, and their simplicity and sincerity offer glimpses of a literary culture beginning to define itself. The Manyoshu is virtually silent on the topics of war and the martial spirit; explorations of the many forms of love, however, appear throughout the collection's more than 4,000 poems. The poems selected for this volume comprise paeans to conjugal love, celebrations of intense filial piety and the love between brothers and sisters, descriptions of the fierce competition for spouses, and tributes to forbidden attachments. The Manyo poets wrote in a primitively vital and sensuous language as they experimented with form and subject., Japan's most significant early anthology of poetry, the Manyoshu explores the many forms of love in the collection's more than 4,000 poems. This original selection of verses comprises the work of poets who write in a primitively vital and sensuous language, and their frequent experiments with form offer stimulating reading. Text is in English only.
LC Classification Number
PL758.15.A3 2005b
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