An Edo Anthology - Literature from Japan's Mega-city, 1750-1850

Informationen zum Autor Sumie Jones (Editor) Sumie Jones, a specialist in eighteenth-century comparative literature and Edo arts, is professor emerita of East Asian languages and cultures and comparative literature and a residential fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University. Kenji Watanabe (Editor) Kenji Watanabe, an expert in Edo-period literature and society, is professor emeritus of Rikkyo University and principal of Rikkyo Niiza Middle and High Schools. Klappentext During the eighteenth century! Edo (today's Tokyo) became the world's largest city! quickly surpassing London and Paris. Its rapidly expanding population and flourishing economy encouraged the development of a thriving popular culture. Innovative and ambitious young authors and artists soon began to look beyond the established categories of poetry! drama! and prose! banding together to invent completely new literary forms that focused on the fun and charm of Edo. Zusammenfassung This anthology brings together in a single volume mostly new translations of some of the best and most important Edo texts. This volume offers an accessible and engaging entry into the varied genres and authors of the period. The literature! generally te

Product details

• Authors: Sumie (EDT)/ Watanabe Jones
• Assisted by: Sumie Jones (Editor), Jones Sumie (Editor), Kenji Watanabe (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780824836290
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3629-0
• No. of pages: 584
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous