Bashō's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo BashōState University of New York Press, 29/03/2010 - 210 من الصفحات In Bashō's Journey, David Landis Barnhill provides the definitive translation of Matsuo Bashō's literary prose, as well as a companion piece to his previous translation, Bashō's Haiku. One of the world's greatest nature writers, Bashō (1644–1694) is well known for his subtle sensitivity to the natural world, and his writings have influenced contemporary American environmental writers such as Gretel Ehrlich, John Elder, and Gary Snyder. This volume concentrates on Bashō's travel journal, literary diary (Saga Diary), and haibun. The premiere form of literary prose in medieval Japan, the travel journal described the uncertainty and occasional humor of traveling, appreciations of nature, and encounters with areas rich in cultural history. Haiku poetry often accompanied the prose. The literary diary also had a long history, with a format similar to the travel journal but with a focus on the place where the poet was living. Bashō was the first master of haibun, short poetic prose sketches that usually included haiku. As he did in Bashō's Haiku, Barnhill arranges the work chronologically in order to show Bashō's development as a writer. These accessible translations capture the spirit of the original Japanese prose, permitting the nature images to hint at the deeper meaning in the work. Barnhill's introduction presents an overview of Bashō's prose and discusses the significance of nature in this literary form, while also noting Bashō's significance to contemporary American literature and environmental thought. Excellent notes clearly annotate the translations. |
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I n t r o d u c t i o n | 1 |
1Journal of Bleached Bones in a Field Nozarashi Kiko | 13 |
2Kashima Journal Kashima Kiko | 23 |
3Knapsack Notebook Oi No Kobumi | 29 |
4Sarashina Journal Sarashina Kiko | 45 |
5The Narrow Road to the Deep North Oku No Hosomichi | 49 |
6Saga Diary Saga Nikki | 79 |
Selected Haibun | 91 |
Notes | 145 |
GLOSSARY | 181 |
BIBLIOGRAPH Y | 185 |
Index | 189 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
aesthetic ancient autumn wind bagworm bamboo Barrier Basho¯’s beauty Biwa Bleached Bones blossoms boat Boncho Buddha Buddhist bush clover cherry Chinese chrysanthemum clouds cuckoo culture Daoism Deep North Diary disciple dream Du Fu Etsujin Fallen Persimmons famous feelings Fifth Month flower Fourth Month grass hut Haguro haibun haikai hana heart hito hokku horse hototogisu Iga Province impermanence Japan Japanese journey kana Kashima Kisagata Kiso Knapsack Notebook Kyo¯to Kyorai Lake Biwa leagues leaves linked verse linked-verse lodging loneliness Matsuo Basho Matsushima monk moon Mount mountain Narrow Road nature night Oku no hosomichi one’s peak pine plum poem poet poetry Priest prose Province rain renga River Saigyo Sarashina scene Shirakawa shrine snow someone Sora sorrow spirit spring Su Shi Suma summer Tale of Genji tears temple travel journals tree tsuki Unreal Dwelling village visited waka waves wayfaring words wrote yama Yoshino yuki Zhuangzi