Translating Mount Fuji : Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity.

Translating Mount Fuji : Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity.

Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume S?seki, Mori?gai, Yokomitsu Riichi,?oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a na...

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Main Author: Washburn, Dennis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Japanese fiction > 1868- > History and criticism.
Japanese fiction > Edo period, 1600-1868 > History and criticism.
National characteristics in literature.
Nationalism and literature > Japan.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume S?seki, Mori?gai, Yokomitsu Riichi,?oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia. Washburn begins with Ueda's Ugetsu monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain) and its preoccupation with the distant past, a sense of loss, and the connection between values and identity. He.
Physical Description:1 online resource (595 pages)
ISBN:9780231511155
0231511159
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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