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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Washburn, Dennis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
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
National characteristics in literature
Nationalism and literature
Japan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; 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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