The Noh Theatre of Japan: With Complete Texts of 15 Classic Plays

The Noh Theatre of Japan: With Complete Texts of 15 Classic Plays
ISBN-10
0486436993
ISBN-13
9780486436999
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Authors
Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa

Description

This outstanding, scholarly work by an American-born authority on Chinese and Japanese art and literature, edited and translated by one of the most ambitious, influential, and innovative poets of the first half of the 20th century, provides Western readers with a valuable interpretation of an important aspect of Japanese culture. In addition to the complete translations of 15 plays, the text discusses historical background and development of the Noh theater.

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