Five Modern Japanese Novelists.
Title:
Five Modern Japanese Novelists.
Author:
Keene, Donald.
ISBN:
9780231507493
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (82 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965) -- Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) -- Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) -- Abe Kōbō (1924-1993) -- Shiba Ryōtarō (1923-1996) -- Supplemental Readings -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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