Struggling Upward : Worldly Success and the Japanese Novel /

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"Reconsiders the rise of the novel in Japan in the Meiji Era by connecting the genre to new discourses on social mobility, ambition, and success. Situates the modern novel in a larger context of modernity, as a literary form engaged with a rapidly changing society"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Compernolle, Timothy J., 1968-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Success in literature.
Social mobility in literature.
Social change in literature.
Naturalism in literature.
Literature and society.
Japanese fiction > Meiji period.
Japanese fiction > European influences.
Ambition in literature.
Roman japonais > 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji) > Histoire et critique.
Naturalisme dans la litterature.
Roman japonais > Influence europeenne.
Mobilite sociale dans la litterature.
Ambition dans la litterature.
Succes dans la litterature.
Changement social dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > Japon > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Japanese fiction > Meiji period, 1868-1912 > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Japan > History > 19th century.
Japan.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"Reconsiders the rise of the novel in Japan in the Meiji Era by connecting the genre to new discourses on social mobility, ambition, and success. Situates the modern novel in a larger context of modernity, as a literary form engaged with a rapidly changing society"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781684175680

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