I Saw a Pale Horse and Selected Poems from Diary of a Vagabond (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781885445667)

Hayashi Fumiko, one of the most popular prose writers of the Showa era, began writing as a down-and-out poet wandering the streets of 1920s Tokyo. In these translations of her first poetry collection, I Saw a Pale Horse (Aouma wo mitari) and Selected Poems from Diary of a Vagabond (Hōrōki), Fumiko's literary origins are colorfully revealed. Little known in the west, these early poetic texts focus on Fumiko's unconventional early life, and her construction of a female subject that would challenge, with gusto and panache, accepted notions not only of class, family, and gender but also of female poetic practice.

Author: Fumiko Hayashi
ISBN-10: 1885445660
ISBN-13: 9781885445667
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2010
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.99w x 0.64d

About the Author

Hayashi Fumiko, one of the most popular prose writers of the Showa era, began writing as a down-and-out poet wandering the streets of 1920s Tokyo.

Janice Brown is Professor and Chair of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. She has written a variety of articles on modern Japanese writers, including Hayashi Fumiko. Her present research interests include Japanese women's poetry and autobiography.