Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 194552

This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings—many appearing in English for the first time—offer explorations into the social, political, and philosophical debates among Japanese literary elites that shaped the country’s literary culture in the aftermath of defeat.

List of contents

Introduction, Atsuko Ueda, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Richi Sakakibara, and Hirokazu Toeda
Part I: The Politics and Literature Debate
Chapter 1: Art, History, Humanity, Honda Shugo (Translated by Scott Mehl, annotated by Richi Sakakibara and Mariko Takano)
Chapter 2: Second Youth, Ara Masahito (Translated and annotated by William H. Bridges and Junko Yamazaki)
Chapter 3: Who Are the People?, Ara Masahito (Translated by David Boyd, annotated by Richi Sakakibara and Mariko Takano)
Chapter 4: The Responsibility of Writers: A Roundtable Discussion, Ara Masahito, Odagiri Hideo, Sasaki Kiichi, Haniya Yutaka, Hirano Ken, and Honda Shugo (Translated by Patrick Schwemmer and Tomoko Takeuchi Slutsky, annotated by Noriko Yamaguchi)
Chapter 5: An Antithesis, Hirano Ken (Translated and annotated by Junko Yamazaki, with William H. Bridges, Patrick Schwemmer, Kaori Shiono, Joshua Solomon, Mariko Takano, and Noriko Yamaguchi)
Chapter 6: Establishing Criteria, Hirano Ken (Translated and annotated by Miyabi Goto)
Chapter 7:

About the author

Michael K. Bourdaghs is professor of modern Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.Richi Sakakibara is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University.Hirokazu Toeda is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University.

Summary

This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings—many appearing in English for the first time—offer explorations into the social, political, and philosophical debates among Japanese literary elites that shaped the country’s literary culture in the aftermath of defeat.

Product details

• Authors: Atsuko Ueda, Atsuko Bourdaghs Ueda
• Assisted by: Michael K. Bourdaghs (Editor), Bourdaghs Michael K. (Editor), Richi Sakakibara (Editor), Hirokazu Toeda (Editor), Atsuko Ueda (Editor), Ueda Atsuko (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780739180761
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8076-1
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: New Studies in Modern Japan; New Studies in Modern Japan
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Japan, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Japanese, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: general, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General