{"product_id":"bash-333-s-haiku-selected-poems-of-matsuo-bash-333-paperback","title":"Bash\u0026#333;'s Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Bash\u0026#333; - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatsuo Bashō\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Landis Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Landis Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2005 \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasho's Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive translation yet of the poetry of Japanese writer Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694), who is credited with perfecting and popularizing the haiku form of poetry. One of the most widely read Japanese writers, both within his own country and worldwide, Bashō is especially beloved by those who appreciate nature and those who practice Zen Buddhism. Born into the samurai class, Bashō rejected that world after the death of his master and became a wandering poet and teacher. During his travels across Japan, he became a lay Zen monk and studied history and classical poetry. His poems contained a mystical quality and expressed universal themes through simple images from the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Landis Barnhill's brilliant book strives for literal translations of Bashō's work, arranged chronologically in order to show Bashō's development as a writer. Avoiding wordy and explanatory translations, Barnhill captures the brevity and vitality of the original Japanese, letting the images suggest the depth of meaning involved. Barnhill also presents an overview of haiku poetry and analyzes the significance of nature in this literary form, while suggesting the importance of Bashō to contemporary American literature and environmental thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Landis Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Environmental Studies and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. He is the coeditor (with Roger S. Gottlieb) of \u003ci\u003eDeep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAt Home on the Earth: Becoming Native to Our Place: A Multicultural Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.52 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578586874077,"sku":"9780791461662","price":79.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/kMPYtimyMP9780791461662.webp?v=1773508487","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/bash-333-s-haiku-selected-poems-of-matsuo-bash-333-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}