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Informationen zum Autor Nanyan Guo is associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan. She has published eight books including, Japan's Wartime Medical Atrocities (2010), and Tsugaru: Regional Identity on Japan's Northern Periphery. Klappentext This book deepens our understanding of the dynamics between nature and culture in Japanese thought and feeling. The author provides a detailed study of Shiga Naoya's nature-inspired literature as an example of Japanese people's engagement with nature. Zusammenfassung This book deepens our understanding of the dynamics between nature and culture in Japanese thought and feeling. The author provides a detailed study of Shiga Naoya’s nature-inspired literature as an example of Japanese people’s engagement with nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: The Nurturing of Shiga's Feelings for NatureChapter 2: The Moon: Early Encounters with NatureChapter 3: The Sun: In Pursuit of a Religiosity of Art Chapter 4: Nature Destroyed: The Ashio Copper Mine Pollution IncidentChapter 5: Plants: The Essence of NatureChapter 6: Living Creatures: Mirrors of Human NatureChapter 7: The Supernatural and NatureChapter 8: Dreams: Nature InternalizedChapter 9: Lafcadio Hearn's Influence on Shiga's Literary StyleConclusion: Nature-Inspired Art and Artistic NatureAppendix 1: Chronology of Shiga Naoya's Life and ArtAppendix 2: Map with Important Places in Shiga's Literature

Product details

• Authors: Nanyan Guo, Guo Nanyan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2014
• EAN: 9780739181034
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8103-4
• Series: AsiaWorld; AsiaWorld (Paperback); AsiaWorld; AsiaWorld (Paperback)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form