Modern Japanese Literature - An Anthology

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene's critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: "Growing Up" by Ichiyo, a lyrical story of pre-adolescence in the 90s; Natsume's story of "Botchan," an ill-starred and ineffectual Huck Finn; Nagai's "The Sumida River"; Kokomitsu's Kafkaesque "Time"; Kawabata's "The Mole"; "Firefly Hunt"; a glimpse into Tanizaki's masterpiece "Thin Snow"; and the postwar work of such writers as Dazai and Mishima.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Keene, Keene Donald
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.1994
• EAN: 9780802150950
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-5095-0
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: illustrations
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Japan, Short Stories, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Relating to Buddhist people & groups, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Asian / Japanese, plays;essays;poetry;reportage;tradition