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Renshi: Writing Without A Center, Jeffrey Angles
Miyoshi Versus Me: A Translator’S Note, Jeffrey Angles
Miyoshi Versus Me: A Translator’S Note, Jeffrey Angles
Jeffrey Angles
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Forest Of Eyes: Selected Poetry Of Tada Chimako, Jeffrey Angles
Forest Of Eyes: Selected Poetry Of Tada Chimako, Jeffrey Angles
Jeffrey Angles
One of Japan's most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930-2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, surreal poetry, and fantastic imagery. Although Tada's writing is an essential part of postwar Japanese poetry, her use of themes and motifs from European, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean history, mythology, and literature, as well as her sensitive explorations of women's inner lives make her very much a poet of the world. Forest of Eyes offers English-language readers their first opportunity to read a wide selection from Tada's extraordinary oeuvre, including nontraditional free verse, poems in the traditional forms of tanka and …
Strategic Deviations The Role Of Kanji In Contemporary Japanese, Motoko Ezaki
Strategic Deviations The Role Of Kanji In Contemporary Japanese, Motoko Ezaki
Motoko Ezaki
The article discusses the role of kanji in contemporary Japanese literature and language. It reveals that kanji, with its large number of Sino-Japanese homonyms, does not fit to the language based on the reflection f Ami Suzuki. It mentions the unique expressiveness of kanji in Japanese writing and its little reference to sound and meaning. Moreover, the article mentions the significance of the English language compared to the Sino-Japanese words due to the larger number of homonyms.