Scubadivers and Chrysanthemums: Essays on the Poetry of Araki Yasusada (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848611849)

Araki Yasusada, allegedly a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, had his work published posthumously and in translation in the mid-1990s. The work was widely praised and seemed to fuse traditional Japanese forms and themes with more innovative North American techniques and a sprinkling of French critical theory. However, Yasusada was an invention, and while no one claimed responsibility for the work, most readers agree that Kent Johnson was the creator, although Johnson insists the actual author is Tosa Motokiyu, the pseudonym for an unnamed writer who is now dead. This book considers all aspects of the Yasusada phenomenon.

Author: Bill Freind
ISBN-10: 1848611846
ISBN-13: 9781848611849
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Language: English
Published: 01/14/2012
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d