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    The Beat Haiku
    The Beat Haiku
    The Beat Haiku
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    The Beat Haiku

    By Kizen

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    A study of the impact of the Beat Generation poets on the development of the haiku form, with a focus on the poetry of Ginsberg, Kerouac and Snyder. This ebook looks at the parallels that exist between the original haiku poets and modern western poets.It does this by exploring the nature of beat generation spirituality, and assessing the ways in which the original Japanese haiku has been altered.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKizen
    Release dateNov 9, 2011
    ISBN9781466031661
    The Beat Haiku
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    Kizen

    I research and write on numerous subjects including music, literature and health and fitness.

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      The Beat Haiku - Kizen

      The Beat Haiku

      Published by Kieran Smith at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011 Kieran Smith

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One: The Haiku Poet as a Rebel

      Chapter Two: Beat Buddhism and the Haiku

      Chapter Three: A Brief History of American Haiku

      Bibliography

      Chapter One: The Haiku Poet as a Rebel

      In this brief study, I will examine the significance of the poetry of the Beat Generation in the development of the contemporary English language haiku. In order to do this effectively, I will look at several different aspects of the attitude and lifestyle of the Beats, and look at how these elements of their lives are reflected in their own style of haiku. By looking at the intricate relationship between the attitudes of the Beats and the attitudes encapsulated in their poetry, I will be able to judge the relevance of their particular method of writing haiku, as it sits in relation to the gradual East-West movement of Japanese poetry that has introduced haiku to the western world. The key elements of the ‘Beat lifestyle’ that I will focus on are the spiritual and counter-cultural elements, these aspects are profoundly reflected in their creative endeavours, and themselves are also very relevant to the spirit of haiku. By understanding these two aspects of the Beat attitude in their entirety, I will be able to comprehend more fully the position of the Beats poetry in the gradual development of the western haiku. In order to do this effectively, I will examine different components of the haiku form and assess how these components have developed through time and been influenced by the Beat Generation in order to produce contemporary haiku that remain true to the essential spirit of this form of verse.

      In the Japanese Buddhist sect of Zen, or Ch’an, the haiku is revered for its terseness of expression and its succinct capturing of a single encounter. For the Zen Buddhists, the haiku is perceived not just as a poetic form, but as a distinct way of experiencing the world: A method of perception. This makes the haiku a unique form of poetry, and one that represents the result of a progressive distillation of historical Japanese poetic forms, the haiku was actually

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