| I Saw a Pale Horse and Selected Poems from Diary of a Vagabond Contributor(s): Hayashi, Fumiko (Author), Brown, Janice (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1885445865 ISBN-13: 9781885445865 Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Poetry | Asian - Japanese |
| Series: Cornell East Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.45 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hayashi Fumiko, one of the most popular prose writers of the Showa era, began writing as a down-and-out poet wandering the streets of 1920s Tokyo. In these translations of her first poetry collection, I Saw a Pale Horse (Aouma wo mitari) and Selected Poems from Diary of a Vagabond (Hôrôki), Fumiko's literary origins are colorfully revealed. Little known in the west, these early poetic texts focus on Fumiko's unconventional early life, and her construction of a female subject that would challenge, with gusto and panache, accepted notions not only of class, family, and gender but also of female poetic practice. |