A Structural Analysis of Japanese "Waka" Poetry
Jon, LaCure
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Hardback
224 pages
Bibliography, Index, Appendix
Published: 1997
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN / EAN: 0773485104
This monograph deals with the rhetorical devices of Japanese "waka" poetry through an analysis of the Japanese imperial anthologies, the "Kokinshu". Chapters are organized around the poetic devices, including "kakekotoba", "makurakotoba", "joshi" and "ut
