Author : Robert N. Huey
Release : 2002
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 533/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Making of Shinkokinshū by : Robert N. Huey
Download or read book The Making of Shinkokinshū written by Robert N. Huey. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have often taken Shinkokinshu (1205) to represent a nostalgia for greatness presumed to have been lost in the wars of the late 1100s. The author argues that the compilers of this anthology of waka poetry instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions, and not a reaction to loss.
