A Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth Century Japanese Children's Literature - An Anthology of Early Twentieth Century Japanese Children's Literature

A collection of stories, poems, and a play written in Japan during the first half of the twentieth century by major literary figures of the day. Each figure was also a "cross-over" writer who wrote for both juvenile and adult audiences. What is perhaps most striking about these pieces and others from the period is the blurring of distinctions between writing for children and writing for adults. Much of the writing for children contains themes and subject matter found in writing for adults, and vice-versa, and the levels of stylistic sophistication in each genre are often equal.

List of contents

Introduction, Matasaburo Rides the Wind, A Bunch of Grapes, The Moonlit Night and the Eyeglasses, A Rainbow in the Desert, The Onion CLub, Kuma, News of the Earthquake, The Stonemill's Song, The Snowy Night, The Spider's Thread, Gon the Fox, A Play: Evening Crane. Poems: Cradle Song, This Road, The Blue-Eyed Doll, Red Shoes, Canary.

About the author

Yukie Ohta

Summary

A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by "Akai Tori" (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults.

Product details

• Authors: Joan E. Ericson, Yukie Ohta, Ohta Yukie
• Assisted by: Keico Watanabe (Illustration), Yukie Ohta (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2000
• EAN: 9780765605559
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0555-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 20th Century, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Interest age: from c 5 years, Children's & teenage literature studies, Educational: Languages other than English, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General