{"product_id":"a-waka-anthology-9780804731577","title":"A Waka Anthology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of four monumental volumes that will follow the story of waka, the classical tradition of Japanese poetry, from its beginnings in ancient song to the sixteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Building a cathedral takes time and determination. And a cathedral \u003ci\u003eA Waka Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is. ...\u003ci\u003eA Waka Anthology's\u003c\/i\u003e two volumes do give us a sense of what is possible if one is Edwin Cranston.\"—Ivo Smits, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Monumental in size and extraordinary in quality. . . . As a translator, Cranston is unexcelled, both in the uncompromising accuracy of his readings and in his sense of the weight and music of English words.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\"A review of \u003ci\u003eThe Gem-glistening Cup\u003c\/i\u003e is almost superfluous. It is literally without peer. . . . It is a monument that will dominate the field of Japanese literary studies in English for the foreseeable future and beyond. . . . Cranston's translations are as good as one could expect from his excellent versions of the \u003ci\u003eIzumi Shikibu Diary\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . This will be the foundation of many courses in years to come.\"—\u003ci\u003eJapan Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cranston is one of the finest translators of classical Japanese. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Gem-glistening Cup\u003c\/i\u003e makes an invaluable contribution for students of Japanese literature.\"—\u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA note on numbering and source abbreviations; Introduction; Songs from the Chronicles and Fudoki; Kojiki songs; Nihonshok songs; Fudoki songs; Shoku Nihongi songs; Selections from Man'yoshu; Poems by named poets; Poem exchanges and poem groups of multiple composition; Anonymous poems; The Buddha's Footstone poems; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Conversion tables; Indexes.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405517332823,"sku":"9780804731577","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804731577.jpg?v=1730492687","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-waka-anthology-9780804731577","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}