Cambridge History of Japanese Literature

The first English-language history of Japanese literature in one volume, from pre-medieval times to the present.

List of contents

Part I. The Ancient Period (Beginnings to 794); Part II. The Heian Period (794-1185); Part III. The Medieval Period (1185-1600); Part IV. The Edo Period (1600-1867); Part V. The Modern Period (1868 to Present).

About the author

Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, is a specialist in Japanese literature and culture, with special interest in prose fiction, poetry, and drama; the interaction between popular and elite cultures; and issues of cultural memory. He is the author and editor of over twenty books. His most recent book, Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons (2012), explores the cultural construction of nature across a wide spectrum of media and arts.Tomi Suzuki, Professor of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, is a specialist in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese literature, with special interests in prose fiction and criticism; gender and genre; modernism and language reform; history of reading and canon formation. Her publications include Narrating the Self: Fictions of Japanese Modernity (1996) and Inventing the Classics: Modernity, National Identity, and Japanese Literature (2000).David Lurie, Associate Professor of Japanese History and Literature at Columbia University, specializes in the literary, cultural, and intellectual history of premodern Japan. His research concerns the development of writing and literacy; the history of linguistic thought; and Japanese and comparative mythology. His first book, Realms of Literacy: Early Japan and the History of Writing (2011), treated the advent of Japanese inscription and the early development of literature and other modes of writing.

Summary

The first English-language history of Japanese literature in a single volume, from its beginnings in pre-medieval times to the present day, accompanied by extensive bibliographies. Indispensable not only for scholars and students, but for all those interested in learning more about one of the world's great literatures.

Product details

• Authors: Haruo (Columbia University Shirane, Haruo Suzuki Shirane
• Assisted by: Lurie David (Editor), Haruo Shirane (Editor), Shirane Haruo (Editor), Tomi Suzuki (Editor), Suzuki Tomi (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107029033
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02903-3
• No. of pages: 865
• Assisted by: David Lurie
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Japan, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary reference works, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE