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Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism
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Full Title:
Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism
Contributors:
By (Author) Ian Hideo Levy
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
895.61
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
186
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
255g
Description
Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late
