Harold Stewart – A net of fireflies
| Ondertitel | : Japanese haiku and haiku paintings |
| Uitgebracht in | : 1960 |
| Uitgever | : Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. |
| Bladzijden | : 180 |
| ISBN | : 0-8048-0421-4 |
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OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THIS BOOK
320 haiku, over a span of five centuries by many of Japan’s formost poets, carefully selected to give the reader an insight into this tiny, evocative expression of the Japanese poetic genius and its miracles of lyric compassion.
The deeply perceptive essay at the end of the book, which offers te serious reader a mine of riches, a treasury of original thinking. In it Mr. Stewart explores the furthest reaches of the haiku which a mind keenly aware of the metaphysical implications that undelrie Oriental traditions.
33 painting, reproduced in full color, by modern leaders in Japan’s continuing tradition. These swiftly brushed sketches – seldom seen outside Japan until now – are an important facet of the haiku world and provide the reader with a new and delightful dimension for understanding the elusive essence of the haiku.
Translations of that rare kind that becomes poetic re-creation. These are by Harold Stewart, a representative of the younger generation of poets in another Pacific nation, Australia; his published work includes the three much-praised books Phoenix Wings (1948), Orphens and Other Poems (1956), and A Chime of Windbells (1960).
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