1st Edition
Avant-Garde Japanese Poetry and Poetics Contemporary Poetry Handbook, 2000–2021
By Leith Morton
Copyright 2026
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes avant-garde contemporary Japanese poetry published in the monthly poetry journal Gendai shi techō (Contemporary Poetry Handbook).
Featuring analyses and English translations of original poetry and poetics by leading younger Japanese poets, as well as older, veteran poets whose work appears frequently in the journal, the book explores the impact of social media and... Read more
1. Japanese Poetics in the Magazines 2000–2021 2. The Great 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Poetry: Contemporary Poetry Handbook 2011–2014 3. The Rise and Rise of Poets Transforming Contemporary Poetry: Contemporary Poetry Handbook, 2014–2017 4. Serialized Verse Sequences in Contemporary Poetry: Contemporary Poetry Handbook, 2018–2021
Biography
Leith Morton is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Research and Academic Affiliate at the University of Sydney, Australia.
