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Shiki Masaoka
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) is considered one of the greatest haiku poets, along with Matsu Basho, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. He revitalized haiku and laid the ground for its popularity…
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Earl Trotter
Tao Yuanming (365-427), also known as Tao Qian, is one of the greatest of Chinese poets. Living in the Jin dynasty, a time of turmoil, he could not abide serving…
100 Poems from the Chinese spans more than 2500 years, from the Shijing to Mao Zedong. There is a preponderance of Tang poets and extra space has been given to…
Ushering the Romantic era with his new style, Wordsworth became the most parodied poet of the period. This collection brings together over 72 parodies of Wordsworth, the bulk written prior…
100 More Poems from the Chinese is the follow up volume to 100 Poems from the Chinese and likewise spans more than 2500 years, from the Shijing to Mao Zedong…
Onitsura Uejima
Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738) was a major haiku poet who along with Basho, the more important influence to be sure, changed the course of haiku history. Onitsura's writings on makoto (sincerity)…
Taigi Tan
Tan Taigi (1709 -1771) was a major haiku poet, who along with Buson, headed the Basho revival and helped revitalize haiku in eighteenth century Japan. As Taigi lived in Kyoto…
Lionel James Trotter
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Thomas Trotter
Title: Suspiria Oceani: a monody on the death of Richard Earl Howe, K.G., Admiral of the Fleet, etc.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
The British Library is the national…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Medicina Nautica - An essay on the diseases of seamen: comprehending the history of health in His Majesty’s fleet, under the Command of Richard Earl Howe is an unchanged, high-quality…
