Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

"Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the nineteenth century's best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn was a true prodigy and world traveler. He worked as a reporter in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission from Harper's. There, he married a Japanese woman from a samurai family, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, and became a Japanese subject. An avid collector of traditional Japanese tales, legends, and myths, Hearn taught literature and wrote his own tales for both Japanese and Western audiences. [This book] brings together twenty-eight of Hearn's strangest and most entertaining stories in one elegant volume"--Back cover.

About the author

Edited and introduced by Andrei Codrescu. With a foreword by Jack Zipes.

Summary

A collection of twenty-eight brilliant and strange stories, inspired by Japanese folk tales and written by renowned Western expatriate Lafcadio HearnLafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the nineteenth century's best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland

Foreword

A collection of twenty-eight weird and wonderful stories by the writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), inspired by Japanese folk tales and introduced by Andrei Codrescu

Additional text

"Fronted by an authoritative introduction by Andrei Codrescu, these Japanese tales revive, once again, a writer, traveler, and translator whose presence at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries enrich and engage still."---Alan Graubard, Leonardo

Product details

• Authors: Lafcadio Hearn
• Assisted by: Andrei Codrescu (Editor), Codrescu Andrei (Editor), Jack Zipes (Foreword), Zipes Jack (Foreword)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780691167756
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16775-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales; Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Japanese, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)