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	Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic Masaki Mori 0791432017 December 1996 Hardcover ·



	Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic Masaki Mori 0791432025 December 1996 Paperback ·



	Milky Way Railroad Kenji Miyazawa 1880656264 February 1996 Paperback ·
Review "Will remind Western readers of Saint-Exupery's 'The Little Prince'" -The Los Angeles Times Book Description Teased by his friends and alone on a hilltop, young Kenji is suddenly swept aboard a magical train bound for the Milky Way. Representing the soul's passage to heaven, the train is a passage from this life to the next. Kenji meets many of the newly departed on his journey, but only he will be allowed to return to Earth, where he dreams of being reunited with his father. Miyazawa uses a wealth of literary, scientific, and religious allusion to depict a universe that is sad yet miraculous. A classic in Japan for its original and artful evocation of a young boy's yearnings, this is a book of great wisdom that teaches acceptance and compassion. See...


	Restaurant of Many Orders Kenji Miyazawa 4902216248 Nov 2005 Hardcover ·
Book Description Two arrogant hunters from the city find themselves in a world where fantasy and reality merge when they enter the Wildcat House Restaurant. The lesson they learn will stay with them forever. This classic tale reaches out to readers of all ages and from all cultures. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. About the Author Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) died at 37, leaving behind prolific works, indluding insightful and humorous children's stories. A devout Buddhist, he worked with the poor agricultural workers in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


	Night of the Milky Way Railway Kenji Miyazawa 0873328205 May 1991 Hardcover ·
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Japanese Card catalog description Giovanni and his friend Campanella, who is dead from drowning, travel on a celestial railway which is a ferry of souls journeying to the afterlife.


	The Restaurant of Many Orders Kenji Miyazawa 1741260191 April 2006 Hardcover ·
Book Description Two arrogant hunters from the city find themselves in a world where fantasy and reality merge when they enter the Wildcat House Restaurant. The lesson they learn will stay with them forever. This classic tale reaches out to readers of all ages and from all cultures. About the Author Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) died at 37, leaving behind prolific works, indluding insightful and humorous children's stories. A devout Buddhist, he worked with the poor agricultural workers in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.


	Back Country Gary Snyder 0811201945 March 1968 Paperback ·
Amazon.com The Back Country is one of Gary Snyder's most serious engagements with Eastern culture and thought. Much of the book works to achieve a perspective by means of contrast, as in "Hitch Haiku," a series of haiku (a Japanese form of imagistic, syllabic verse) mostly set in the American West. Perhaps the strongest poem is "Oil," in which Snyder envisions a tanker as a needle bringing our addicted nation "long injections of pure oil."


	Bardic Deadlines Geoffrey O'Brien 0472066838 January 1999 Paperback ·
Book Description In Bardic Deadlines, writer and editor Geoffrey O'Brien collects twenty of his essays on poetry that originally appeared in the Voice Literary Supplement and the New York Review of Books. O'Brien surveys an array of some of the most striking and innovative poets to emerge in recent decades, including Susan Howe, August Kleinzahler, Clark Coolidge, Nathaniel Mackey, Gustaf Sobin, and Michael O'Brien. Discussions of contemporary work are juxtaposed with considerations of other traditions going as far back as the second-century Chinese anthology The Songs of the South and the Sanskrit master Kalidasa, traditions considered highly relevant to current practice.


	Howling at the Moon and Blue Hagiwara Sakutaro 1931243018 June 2001 Paperback ·
Book Description Born into a wealthy family, Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886â€“1942) was able as a young man to devote himself to poetry. Although he did not finish college, he read Western authors, including Poe, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Dostoevsky. His major works of poetry, written in 1917 and 1923, were Howling at the Moon and Blue, collected in this volume. These books transformed modern Japanese poetry, and changed forever the face of the future poetic landscape in Japan.Brilliantly translated by Hiroaki Sato, this book was originally published by the University of Tokyo Press, and has long been out of print. About the Author Born in a wealthy family, Hagiwara read Western authors such as Poe, Nietzsche, Schopenhaurer, and Dojstoevsky, devoting himself early in the century to...


	Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth Century Japanese Children's Literature Yukie Ohta (Translator) 0765605562 November 2000 Paperback ·
From Library Journal This slim anthology of 11 short stories, one play, and five poems includes works initially aimed at young adults by several of Japan's most important writers of the early 20th century, including Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Arishima Takeo, Dazai Osamu, and Kinoshita Junji. Translator Ohta, who holds degrees from Barnard College and the University of Chicago, employs an equally fluid and pleasant English style whether a piece is read silently or aloud. The subjects of the stories offer a diverse range, from the daily to the fantastic. Best in the former category is Shiga Noaya's "Kuma," with its dog chase through the streets of Tokyo. Keico Watanabe's line drawings are an especially apt accompaniment to this story. Akutagawa's "The Spider's Thread," a Buddhist allegory, leads the reader onto a more somber and contemplative...