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Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*Map of Yamato and Environs, pg. 1*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*ONE / YAMATO TAKERU: THE MAGICAL METAPHOR, pg. 10*TWO / OMI: THE LYRICAL VOICE, pg. 33*THREE / HITOMARO: THE ICONIC IMAGE, pg. 66*FOUR / HITOMARO: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL METAPHOR, pg. 117*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 166*INDEX OF POEMS, pg. 169*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 171

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691612737, 978-0691612737
      ISBN10: 0691612730

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Professor Levy explores the ritual origins of Japanese verse, the impact of Chinese and Korean literary influence on the seventh-century Court, and the rhetorical deification of the imperial family as the condition under which Hitomaro would begin his career as a Court poet. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*Map of Yamato and Environs, pg. 1*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*ONE / YAMATO TAKERU: THE MAGICAL METAPHOR, pg. 10*TWO / OMI: THE LYRICAL VOICE, pg. 33*THREE / HITOMARO: THE ICONIC IMAGE, pg. 66*FOUR / HITOMARO: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL METAPHOR, pg. 117*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 166*INDEX OF POEMS, pg. 169*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 171

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