Poetry and Zen av R. H. Blyth, Norman Waddell

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<b><b>Never before published letters and uncollected short writings of R. H. Blyth, champion of Zen and the person who brought haiku to the world.</b></b><br><br><i>Poetry and Zen</i> assembles a remarkable literary feast: the letters, articles, translations, reviews, and selections from the papers of Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964). Following on the landmark success of <i>Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics </i>(1942), Blyth’s voluminous writings on Zen, Japanese culture, and the Japanese verse forms haiku and senryū captured the imagination of English-speaking readers in the decades following World War II. His enlightening wit and inimitable style struck a particularly sensitive chord in the artistic community, providing inspiration to many poets and writers and helping to kindle global interest in Zen and haiku.<br><br>Blyth’s penetrating insights on these topics in a series of books published between 1942 and 1970 helped lay the foundation