Early Modern Japanese Literature - An Anthology, 1600-1900 (Abridged Edition)

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Haruo Shirane Klappentext This abridged edition of Haruo Shirane's popular anthology! Early Modern Japanese Literature! retains the essential texts that have made the original volume such a valuable resource. The book introduces English-speaking readers to prose fiction genres! including dangibon! kibyoshi (satiric picture books)! sharebon (books of wit and fashion)! yomihon! kokkeibon (books of humor)! gokan (bound books)! and ninjobon (books of romance and sentiment). It also features poetic genres such as waka! haiku! senryu! and kyoka! and plays ranging from Chikamatsu's puppet plays to nineteenth-century kabuki. Readers will continue to benefit from the anthology's selection of significant essays! treatises! literary criticism! folk stories! and other noncanonical works! as well as the numerous prints that accompanied these works. They will also find Shirane's introductions and critical commentary! which guide the reader through the allusive and often elliptical nature of these incredible selections. Zusammenfassung Introduces English-speaking readers to prose fiction genres! including dangibon! kibyoshi (satiric picture books)! sharebon (books of wit and fashion)! yomihon! kokkeibon (books of humor)! gokan (bound books)! and ninjobon (books of romance and sentiment). This book also features poetic genres such as waka! haiku! senryu! and kyoka. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceHistorical Periods! Measurements! and Other Matters1. Early Modern Japan2. Ihara Saikaku and the Books of the Floating World3. The Poetry and Prose of Matsuo Basho4. Chikamatsu Monsaemon and the Puppet Theater5. The Golden Age of Puppet Theater6. Dangibon and the Birth of Edo Popular Literature7. Comic and Satiric Poetry8. Literati Meditations9. Early Yomihon: History! Romance! and the Supernatural10. Sharebon: Books of Wit and Fashion11. Kibyoshi: Satiric and Didactic Picture Books12. Kokkeibon: Comic Fiction for Commoners13. Ninjobon: Sentimental Fiction14. Gokan: Extended Picture Books15. Ghosts and Nineteenth-Century Kabuki16. Late Yomihon: History and the Supernatural Revisited ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Haruo Shirane, Haruo (Editor Shirane, Haruo (EDT)/ Araki Shirane
• Con la collaborazione di: Haruo Shirane (Editore), Haruo (Editor Shirane (Editore), Shirane Haruo (Editore)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.04.2008
• EAN: 9780231144148
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14414-8
• Pagine: 552
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Translations from the Asian Cl
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literary studies: general, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Asian literary criticism