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Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets: Selected Poems 1972-1989 (Asian Poetry in Translation: Japan) [Paperback]

Makoto Ooka (Author), Janine Beichman (Author)


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December 1995 0942668464 978-0942668469
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Japanese by Janine Beichman. "One of Ooka's virtues was that he was not an intellectual, someone who has forgotten that human beings are more important than ideas, that human beings take priorityover everything. This poet knows, in the deepest sense, that human relationships rest on the relation of human beings to nature and to the universe. It is not difficult to see traces of the surrealist influence that colores Ooka's youth. But in contrast to many other Japanese poets, Ooka was never a blind worshipper of anything imported. Ooka is convinced that only when you approach actuality from two mutually opposing sides can you get a glimpse of its entirety. Rather than pantheism, the undercurrent of Ooka's poetry is paneroticism and it is that which saves him from indulging in conceptualization." From the preface by Tanikawa Shuntaro.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 178 pages
  • Publisher: Katydid Books (December 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0942668464
  • ISBN-13: 978-0942668469
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,619,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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