The Ends of Meter in Modern Japanese Poetry : : Translation and Form /

The Ends of Meter in Modern Japanese Poetry : : Translation and Form / / Scott Mehl.

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In The Ends of Meter in Modern Japanese Poetry, Scott Mehl analyzes the complex response of Meiji-era Japanese poets and readers to the challenge introduced by European verse and the resulting crisis in Japanese poetry. Amidst fierce competition for literary prestige on the national and internationa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Mehl, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.) :; 5 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Personal Names
  • Introduction: Making Forms New, Making New Forms
  • 1. New Styles of Criticism for a New Style of Poetry
  • 2. “This Dead Form, Begone”: The Shi of Kitamura Tōkoku and the Debate over Meter
  • 3. A Disaster Averted: Masaoka Shiki and the Value of Brevity
  • 4. Difficulty in Poetry: Kanbara Ariake and the Experimenters in Prosody
  • 5. Kawaji Ryūkō and the New Poetry
  • Epilogue: A Form to Express Anything Whatsoever
  • Appendix A. Ariake’s Meters
  • Appendix B. Ariake’s Stanza Forms
  • Appendix C. A Word about Terminology: syllable vs. mora vs. moji
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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