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 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.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

Yukie Ohta

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yukie Ohta, Ohta Yukie
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2000
• EAN: 9780765605566
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0556-6
• Pagine: 174
• Peso: 249 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; 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