Translating Mount Fuji : modern Japanese fiction and the ethics of identity /

Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume S?seki, Mori?gai, Yokomitsu Riichi,?oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Washburn, Dennis C. (Dennis Charles), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Since 1600
Japanese fiction > 1868- > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > Edo period, 1600-1868 > History and criticism.
National characteristics in literature.
Nationalism and literature > Japan.
Roman japonais > 1868- > Histoire et critique.
Roman japonais > 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo) > Histoire et critique.
Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature.
Nationalisme et littérature > Japon.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Japanese fiction.
Japanese fiction > Edo period.
Nationalism and literature.
Japan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Real Identities
  • 1. Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts
  • 2. Translating Mount Fuji
  • 3. Manly Virtue and Modern Identity
  • 4. Real Images
  • 5. Toward a View from Nowhere
  • 6. Kitsch, Nihilism, and the Inauthentic
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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