Uncovering Heian Japan An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription

"A vivid reading of Heian court poetry that removes the interpretive screen later imposed in the name of national identity and modernity to reveal a richly expressive world. Here calligraphy, composition, and community combine in a 'song machine' that links poetics and politics and seeks, quite literarily, to calibrate the cosmos. After this book the poetry of 'old Japan' will never be the same."-Carol Gluck, Columbia UniversityLamarre, Thomas is the author of 'Uncovering Heian Japan An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription', published 2000 under ISBN 9780822325185 and ISBN 0822325187.