An anthology of haiku in English, from Ezra Pound's early experiments to the present-day masters.
Although haiku started as a Japanese art form, it has found a welcome home in the English-speaking world. With an introduction by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, Haiku in English features more than 800 brilliantly chosen poems from over 100 years. By covering a century, the anthology allows readers to reflect on the genre's unique evolution. The poems range from Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" to Jack Kerouac's seminal efforts, to contemporary work, where poems by such widely known poets as Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, and John Ashbery share space with haiku masters including Nick Virgilio, John Wills, and Raymond Roseliep. The first anthology to chart the full range of haiku in the English tradition, Haiku in English is the perfect collection of this spare and elegant genre.
Copyright:
2013
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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780393240757
Related ISBNs:
9780393239478,
9780393348873
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Date of Addition:
08/29/15
Copyrighted By:
Allan Burns, Billy Collins, Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland