Volume 22 No. 4 — 1 October 2006

‘Some Presence Inevitably Shows through’: Harold Stewart’s Haiku Versions

Greg McLaren

Abstract

The author disputes claims that Harold Stewart’s haiku translations represent a major poetic achievement.

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Published 1 October 2006 in Volume 22 No. 4. Subjects: Haiku, Japanese literature & writers, Translations by Australian writers.

Cite as: McLaren, Greg. ‘‘Some Presence Inevitably Shows through’: Harold Stewart’s Haiku Versions.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 22, no. 4, 2006, doi: 10.20314/als.a21a5e609e.

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