| Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Tada, Chimako (Author), Angles, Jeffrey (Translator), Angles, Jeffrey (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0520260511 ISBN-13: 9780520260511 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Literary Criticism | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.615 |
| LCCN: 2010001664 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of Japan's most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930-2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, frequently 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 haiku, and prose poems. Translator Jeffrey Angles introduces this collection with an incisive essay that situates Tada as a poet, explores her unique style, and analyzes her contribution to the representation of women in postwar Japanese literature. |