About this title: American readers have been fascinated, since their exposure to Japanese culture late in the nineteenth century, with the brief Japanese poem called the hokku or haiku . The seventeen-syllable form is rooted in a Japanese tradition of close observation of nature, of making poetry from subtle suggestion. Infused by its great practitioners with ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780880013512ISBN:0880013516
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013512ISBN:0880013516
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's name and bookplate to inner wrap; gentle bump and crease to a fore corner of the wraps. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 329 p. Essential Haiku, 20. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ecco Pr
Date Published: 1995-08-01
ISBN-13:9780880013512ISBN:0880013516
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780880013512ISBN:0880013516
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperTrade, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780880013512ISBN:0880013516
Description: Fine. Soft Cover Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The author is a United States Poet Laureate. " This is a collection of versions of a hundred poems by each of the three masters. " In unread condition. read more
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"Not my favorite haiku anthology out there, to be honest.
Hass compiled three great poets into this book: Basho, Issa, and Buson. Though I don't have the book in front of me, I believe he tackles them in that order, as well.
This book is pretty good, but I personally don't consider it great. It definitely gives the reader a lot of haiku, and it may serve as a good introduction (maybe coupled with Higginson's Haiku Handbook?), but I think it can feel a bit limiting. After all, you're only getting a sense of three poets, even if they are THE greatest haiku poets of all time.
And I suppose that while I might have disliked that aspect of it, others out there may find it helpful. Thinking about it, I think it was after reading this particular collection that I began to understand a little bit more the differences between each of those major poets.
In any case, if you read this book and like it, I would recommend that you swiftly find another anthology of haiku to read, as well, in order to get a taste of other poets' works."
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