An Antithetical History of Contemporary Japanese Poetry
Twenty-First Century Poets and Politics
An Antithetical History of Contemporary Japanese Poetry
Twenty-First Century Poets and Politics
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Description
Providing both literary-historical context and in-depth poetry analysis, this book traces major changes in twenty-first century Japanese poetry.
The book examines three major contemporary poets: Tanikawa Shuntaro, Yotsumoto Yasuhiro, and Koike Masayo, as well as women's voices in contemporary poetry and poetry composed on the theme of politics. Leith Morton examines how these domains were influenced by technology and catastrophe; some poets retreated into the subjectivity of the self, while other poets boldly struck out to confront Japanese society.
In part one, the book begins with a historical analysis of representative Japanese women poets followed by a chapter investigating the work of a few famous contemporary poets who have taken up political themes, including agitprop verse published online.
In part two, Morton examines Tanikawa, Yotsumoto, and Koike's works. He traces the figurative and antithetical interrelations between these three major poets and the complex interplay of influence between their works.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Contemporary Japanese Poetry: An Antithetical History
1. The Female Voice in Contemporary Japanese Poetry, 1990–2016
2. Contemporary Japanese Poetry and Politics, 2008–2018
Part II: Contemporary Japanese Poetry: Introjection and Projection
3. Poetry as Iconotext and Collage: Tanikawa Shuntaro and Photography, 1993–2011
4. Exile, Nostalgia and Intimacy in the Poetry of Yotsumoto Yasuhiro, 2003–2006
5. Language Experiments in the Poetry of Yotsumoto Yasuhiro, 2010–2017
6. Self as Narrative: Doubt, Difficulty and Fragmentation in the Poetry of Koike Masayo, 2000–2006
7. Exoticism, Alienation and Waka in the Poetry of Koike Masayo, 2010–2021
Conclusion
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | Nov 12 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798216393085 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | New Studies in Modern Japan |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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