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Yone Noguchi.
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In the following essay, a review of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, a critic observes that the book's supposedly naive narrator possesses a knowledge of western culture on a level with N...
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In the following essay, Hakutani examines critical influences, both eastern and western, on Noguchi's poetry.
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Despite recent interest in American ethnic poetry, particularly that of black poe...
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In the following essay, Hakutani outlines the careers of both Yone Noguchi and his son, sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-88), with whom Hakutani conducted an interview in December of 1986.
"Isamu N...
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In the following excerpt, Hakutani provides a short biography of his subject, and discusses the primary influences, both eastern and western, on Noguchi's poetry.
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Yone Noguchi was born in a s...
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In the following essay, Hakutani discusses the impact of Noguchi's work on Ezra Pound, with whom Noguchi corresponded on several occasions.
It is commonplace to say that imagism played a crucia...
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In the following excerpt, Hakutani explores the influence of Noguchi's work on that of William Butler Yeats and—in a fuller elucidation of topics discussed by Hakutani earlier—Ezr...
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Critical Essay by The Bookman
