For All My Walking
Free-Verse Haiku of Taneda Santoka
In April 1926, the Japanese poet Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) set off on the first of many walking trips, journeys in which he tramped thousands of miles through the Japanese countryside. These journeys were part of his religious training as a Buddhist monk as well as literary inspiration for his memorable and often painfully moving poems. The works he wrote during this time comprise a record of his quest for spiritual enlightenment.Although Santoka was master of conventional-style haiku, which he wrote in his youth, the vast majority of his works, and those for which he is most admired, are in free-verse form. He also left a number of diaries…
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Weitere Autoren: Watson, Burton (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-231-50063-0
- EAN: 9780231500630
- Produktnummer: 22609026
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 16'849 KB
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Taneda Santoka. Translated by Burton Watson
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