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Foxfire: The Selected Poems Of Yosa Buson, A Translation, Allan Persinger
Foxfire: The Selected Poems Of Yosa Buson, A Translation, Allan Persinger
Theses and Dissertations
My dissertation is a creative translation from Japanese into English of the poetry of Yosa Buson, an 18th century (1716 - 1783) poet. Buson is considered to be one of the most important of the Edo Era poets and is still influential in modern Japanese literature. By taking account of Japanese culture, identity and aesthetics the dissertation project bridges the gap between American and Japanese poetics, while at the same time revealing the complexity of thought in Buson's poetry and bringing the target audience closer to the text of a powerful and moving writer.
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