| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
East Asian popular culture |
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East Asian popular culture (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Early Life and and Formative Years -- 3. War and Postwar Experience -- 4. Fame: The Nemuri Kyoshiro Phenomenon -- 5. Shibata Renzaburo's Other Works -- 6. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Shibata Renzaburo and the Reinvention of Modernism in Postwar Japanese Popular Literature explores the life and work of Shibata Renzaburo (1917-1978), the author of adventure and historical novels who was instrumental in reinvigorating popular Japanese literature in the postwar period. This book considers postwar Japanese society through the prism of Shibatas writing, exploring how the postwar period under SCAP Occupation influenced Shibatas writing and generated the extraordinary popularity of samurai fiction in the postwar era at large. Through the use of a nihilistic warrior, Nemuri Kyoshiro, and other samurai characters, Shibata Renzaburo addresses important social issues of the day, such as the trauma of defeat, postwar reconstruction, and the attending societal ills and neuroses, while keeping his literature entertaining and easy to read, which ensured its mass appeal in postwar Japan |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shibata, Renzaburō, 1917-1978 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Shibata, Renzaburō, 1917-1978 fast |
| Subject |
Modernism (Literature) -- Japan
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Modernism (Literature)
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031111921 |
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3031111923 |
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