It is remarkable that any Westerner--even so fine a poet as Kenneth Rexroth--could have captured in translation so much of the subtle essence of classic Japanese poetry: the depth of controlled passion, the austere elegance of style, the compressed richness of imagery.The poems are drawn chiefly fro
100 Poems from the Japanese
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Year
- 1955
- Tongue
- en-ca
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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