| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 113 pages) |
| Contents |
Tanizaki Junʼichirō (1886-1965) -- Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) -- Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) -- Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) -- Shiba Ryōtarō (1923-1996) |
| Summary |
A superb introduction to modern Japanese fiction as well as a memoir of his own love affair with Japanese literature and culture, this volume consists of chapters on five modern Japanese novelists whom Donald Keene knew personally: Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Ryotaro Shiba, and Kobo Abe. Each chapter opens with a vignette describing Keene's personal encounters with these famous men, blending his autobiographical observations with literary and cultural analysis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Authors, Japanese -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Authors, Japanese
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Japanese fiction
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Japans.
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Fictie.
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Schrijvers.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002073412 |
| ISBN |
0231507496 |
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9780231507493 |
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1281869031 |
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9781281869036 |
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9786613792280 |
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6613792284 |
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