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Utamakura, Allusion, and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry
Edward Kamens
Utamakura, Allusion, and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry
Edward Kamens
A central feature of traditional Japanese poetry is the use of "utamakura", a category of poetic words, to cultivate allusion and intertextuality between individual poems. This text analyzes a wide selection of poems to show how "utamakura" came to wield special powers within Japanese poetry.
336 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,maps,plans
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 25, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300068085 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 26 mm · 684 g |
| Language | English |
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