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  • Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955

    Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism

    by Atsuko Ueda, Richi Sakakibara, Hirokazu Toeda, James Dorsey, Ko Youngran, Seiji M. Lippit, Ann Sherif, Michael K. Bourdaghs1, Doug Slaymaker2 ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945–52

    by Odagiri Hideo, Hirano Ken, Sasaki Kiichi, Hanada Kiyoteru, Kurahara Korehito, Ara Masahito, Nakamura Mitsuo, Nakano Shigeharu, Takeuchi Yoshimi, Haniya Yutaka, Honda Shugo, Kato Shuichi, Kawakami Tetsutaro ...
    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    In the wake of its defeat in World War II, as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation, literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings

    by Sōseki Natsume ...
    Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
    Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for such highly acclaimed works as Kokoro, Sanshiro, and I Am a Cat. Yet he began his career as a literary theorist and scholar of English literature. In 1907, he published Theory of Literature, a remarkably forward-thinking attempt to understand how and why we read. The text anticipates by decades the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

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  • Zeami

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    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Zeami (1363-1443), Japan's most celebrated actor and playwright, composed more than thirty of the finest plays of no drama. He also wrote a variety of texts on theater and performance that have, until now, been only partially available in English.Zeami: Performance Notes presents the full range of Zeami's critical thought on this subject, which focused on the aesthetic values of no and its ... Read more

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  • Yoko Tawada

    Voices from Everywhere

    by Hiltrud Arens, Bernard Banoun, Bettina Brandt, Suzuko Mousel Knott, Christina Kraenzle, Margaret Mitsutani, Marjorie Perloff, Keijiro Suga, Reiko Tachibana, Yasemin Yildiz ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Yöko Tawada: Voices from Everywhere is the first volume of criticism dedicated to the work of Yöko Tawada, one of the most highly acclaimed writers of her generation. Douglas Slaymaker has collected a range of essays including many that were featured at the 2006 MLA Conference, where a presidential panel featuring Yöko Tawada was organized by MLA President Marjorie Perloff, who has contributed a ... Read more

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  • Britain Through Muslim Eyes

    Literary Representations, 1780-1988

    by Claire Chambers ...
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  • Long Narrative Songs from the Mongghul of Northeast Tibet

    Texts in Mongghul, Chinese, and English

    by Dechun Li, Gerald Roche ...
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  • Translating Mount Fuji

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  • Transgression in Korea

    Beyond Resistance and Control

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
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