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427 Bashō's Best - Haiku and the Essence of Life
427 Bashō's Best - Haiku and the Essence of Life
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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Jul 21, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
In our last episode, Jacke looked at the life of celebrated Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694), the widely acknowledged master of haiku. In this episode, Jacke looks deeper into the nature of Bashō's best works, organizing them into some loose categories and offering some thoughts on haiku in Bashō's world and ours.
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Additional listening suggestions:
425 Matsuo Bashō, Haiku's Greatest Master
75 The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
418 "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jul 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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