The House of Takumi: Poem-Sequence from the Japanese

100 Poems from the Japanese

✍ Kenneth Rexroth 📂 Fiction 📅 2013 🏛 New Directions 🌐 English ⚖ 2 MB

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 from

100 Poems from the Japanese

✍ Kenneth Rexroth 📂 Fiction 📅 1955 🏛 New Directions 🌐 English ⚖ 2 MB

**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

100 Poems from the Japanese

📂 Fiction 📅 1955 🏛 New Directions 🌐 en-ca ⚖ 175 KB 👁 3 views

100 Poems from the Japanese

✍ Kenneth Rexroth 📂 Fiction 📅 2013;1955 🏛 New Directions 🌐 en-US ⚖ 175 KB 👁 3 views

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

✍ Kenneth Rexroth 📂 Fiction 📅 2013;1955 🏛 New Directions 🌐 en-US ⚖ 175 KB 👁 3 views

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

The House of Prayer [Poem]

✍ Eugene M. Kayden 📂 Article 📅 1942 🏛 Project MUSE 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB