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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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

Préface

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

Texte suppl.

"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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lafcadio Hearn
• Collaboration: Andrei Codrescu (Editeur), Codrescu Andrei (Editeur), Jack Zipes (Préface), Zipes Jack (Préface)
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780691167756
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16775-6
• Pages: 224
• Thèmes: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales; Oddly Modern Fairy Tales
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Société; Livres de conseils > Spiritualité > Savoirs anciens, cultures anciennes; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Japanese, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)