Licentious fictions : ninjō and the nineteenth-century Japanese novel /

"Nineteenth-century Japanese literary discourse and narrative developed a striking preoccupation with ninjō--literally 'human emotion, ' but often used in reference to amorous feeling and erotic desire. For many writers and critics, fiction's capacity to foster both licentiousne...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Poch, Daniel (Daniel Taro) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Japanese fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Emotions in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
Emotions in literature
Ethics in literature
Japanese fiction
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From ninjō to the ninjōbon : toward the licentious novel
  • Questioning the idealist novel : virtue and desire in Nansō Satomi hakkenden
  • Translating love in the early Meiji novel : ninjōbon and yomihon in the age of enlightenment
  • Historicizing literary reform : shōsetsu shinzui, translation, and the civilizational politics of ninjō
  • The novel's failure : Shōyō and the aporia of realism and idealism
  • Ninjō and the late Meiji novel : recontextualizing Sōseki's literary project.

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