Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako
Department
World Languages and Literatures
Document Type
Book
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Description
One of Japan's most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930-2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, frequently surreal poetry and fantastic imagery. Although Tada's writing is an essential part of postwar Japanese poetry, her use of themes and motifs from European, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean history, mythology, and literature, as well as her sensitive explorations of women's inner lives make her very much a poet of the world.Forest of Eyes offers English-language readers their first opportunity to read a wide selection from Tada's extraordinary oeuvre, including nontraditional free verse, poems in the traditional forms oftanka and haiku, and prose poems. Translator Jeffrey Angles introduces this collection with an incisive essay that situates Tada as a poet, explores her unique style, and analyzes her contribution to the representation of women in postwar Japanese literature.
Call number in WMU's library
PL862.A3 A2 2010 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-0520260511
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
City
Berkeley
Keywords
Japanese poetry, women authors, Japan, surrealism, haiku, translations into English
Disciplines
East Asian Languages and Societies | Poetry
Recommended Citation
Angles, Jeffrey, "Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako" (2010). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 97.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/97
Comments
Professor Jeffrey Angles is translator of this book.