Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Worlds in Tension: An Essay on Kuki Shùzõ’s Poetry and Poetics 6
6. Free Verse [Shi] 45
7. Short Poems (Tanka) 66
8. Rhyming Poems: Poems Appended to Rhyme in Japanese Poetry 100
9. The Genealogy of Feelings: A Guide to Poetry 125
10. Selected Essays 215
11. Notes 287
12. Bibliography 349
13. Index 355