History of Japanese Literature, Volume 1 - The Archaic and Ancient Ages

This book, which covers the period from preliterate times to the beginning of the tenth century, is the first of five proposed volumes that will give an account of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the death of the modern novelist Mishima.

Originally published in 1984.

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About the author

Jin'ichi Konishi
Edited by Earl Roy Miner
Translated by Nicholas Teele

Summary

This book, which covers the period from preliterate times to the beginning of the tenth century, is the first of five proposed volumes that will give an account of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the death of the modern novelist Mishima. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technolo

Product details

• Authors: Jin'ichi Konishi, Jin''ichi Konishi
• Assisted by: Earl Miner (Editor), Earl Roy Miner (Editor), Miner Earl (Editor), Nicholas Teele (Translation), Teele Nicholas (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780691612454
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61245-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism