Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism
：Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：Hitomaro and the Birth of Japanese Lyricism
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： Levy Ian Hideo;;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400855834
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691065816
Subject： I Literature;I1 World Literature
Keyword： 文学
Language： ENG
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Description
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.
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