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Translations of 19 noh and nine kyogen plays seeking to produce English poetry which reproduces the 'texture of the Japanese'... an experiment in translating the 'untranslatable' word play which provides so much of the effect of noh in the original. * Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese *

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Translations of 19 nô and nine kyôgen plays seeking to "produce English poetry which reproduces the 'texture of the Japanese'... an experiment in translating the 'untranslatable' word play which provides so much of the effect of nô in the original.

-- Susan Matisoff * Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese *

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9780939657179, 978-0939657179
      ISBN10: 0939657171

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Translations of 19 noh and nine kyogen plays seeking to produce English poetry which reproduces the 'texture of the Japanese'... an experiment in translating the 'untranslatable' word play which provides so much of the effect of noh in the original. * Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese *

      Trade Review

      Translations of 19 nô and nine kyôgen plays seeking to "produce English poetry which reproduces the 'texture of the Japanese'... an experiment in translating the 'untranslatable' word play which provides so much of the effect of nô in the original.

      -- Susan Matisoff * Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese *

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