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Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene

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Modern Japanese Literature

From 1868 to the Present Day

Donald Keene

Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · February 10, 1994

Reading lane: Japanese Literary Criticism

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Good for readers interested in short storiesGood for fans of JapanGood for readers who enjoy Japanese Literary Criticism and Japanese Literary Collections.

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Authors
Donald Keene
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic
Published
February 10, 1994
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Japanese Literary Criticism · Japanese Literary Collections
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Japanese Literary Criticism

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  • Literary Collections

  • Japanese Literary Criticism

  • Short Story Criticism

About This Book

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene’s critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: “Growing Up” by Ichiyo, a lyrical story of pre-adolescence in the 90s; Natsume’s story of “Botchan,” an ill-starred and...

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Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene’s critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: “Growing Up” by Ichiyo, a lyrical story of pre-adolescence in the 90s; Natsume’s story of “Botchan,” an ill-starred and ineffectual Huck Finn; Nagai’s “The Sumida River”; Kokomitsu’s Kafkaesque “Time”; Kawabata’s “The Mole”; “Firefly Hunt”; a glimpse into Tanizaki’s masterpiece “Thin Snow”; and the postwar work of such writers as Dazai and Mishima.

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