Purloined letters : cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature, 1868-1937 /

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This engaging study of the detective story's arrival in Japan--and of the broader cross-cultural borrowing that accompanied it--argues for a reassessment of existing models of literary influence between "unequal" cultures. Because the detective story had no pre-existing native equival...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silver, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʼi Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1800 - 1999
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > Western influences.
Littérature policière japonaise > Histoire et critique.
Roman japonais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman japonais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman japonais > Influence occidentale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese
Japanese fiction
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature
  • Affirmations of authority: premodern and early Meiji crime literature
  • Borrowing the detective novel: Kuroiwa Ruikō and the uses of translation
  • Arresting change: Okamoto Kidō's stories of nostalgic remembrance
  • Anxieties of influence: Edogawa Ranpo's horrifying hybrids
  • Coda: Cultural borrowing reconsidered.

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