An age of melodrama : family, gender, and social hierarchy in the turn-of-the-century Japanese novel /

At the turn of the century, Japanese fiction pulsed with an urge to render good and evil in ways that evoked dramatic emotions. This book examines four popular novels from this period by interweaving two threads of argument.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ito, Ken K.
Autor Corporativo: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1868-1912
Japanese fiction > Meiji period, 1868-1912 > History and criticism.
Roman japonais > 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji) > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese
Japanese fiction > Meiji period
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Melodrama and the family in Meiji Japan
  • But there's your mother and your work : the family and the nation in Hototogisu
  • A jewel shining in the mud : love and money in Konjiki yasha
  • The milk you all drank : gender and social aspiration in Chikyōdai
  • I'll be doing the giving : the traffic in women and men in Gubijinsō
  • In place of a conclusion : Kokoro and the age of melodrama.

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