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Few outside Japan are familiar with haiku's precursor, haikai (comic linked verse). Fewer still are aware of the role of Chinese Daoist classics in turning haikai into a literary art. This book examines the haikai poets' adaptation of Daoist classics, particularly the Zhuangzi, in the 17th century and the transformation of haikai into high poetry.

Basho and the Dao The Zhuangzi and the Transformation of Haikai

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 7/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824828455, 978-0824828455
      ISBN10: 0824828453
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      Book Synopsis
      Few outside Japan are familiar with haiku's precursor, haikai (comic linked verse). Fewer still are aware of the role of Chinese Daoist classics in turning haikai into a literary art. This book examines the haikai poets' adaptation of Daoist classics, particularly the Zhuangzi, in the 17th century and the transformation of haikai into high poetry.

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