E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Rimer Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5663-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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An Introduction
E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5663-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, structural principles, and development of pre-modem and modern Japanese fiction in a way that is comprehensive, methodical, and accessible to the general reader.
Originally published in 1978.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. xi
I. Introduction, pg. 1
II. Tanizaki Junichiro: The Past as Homage A Portrait of Shunkin and The Bridge of Dreams, pg. 22
III. Natsume Soseki: The Past as Style Kusamakura, pg. 38
IV. Antecedents: The Tale, the Diary, the monogatari, the Essay, pg. 62
V. Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The Tale of Genji, pg. 82
VI. Source Books II: The Tale of the Heike and the no Drama, pg. 97
VII. Ueda Akinari: The Past as Art Tales of Moonlight and Rain, pg. 123
VIII. Nagai Kafu and Mori Ogai: The Past versus the Present The River Sumida and Sansho the Steward, pg. 138
IX. Kawabata Yasunari: Eastern Approaches Snow Country, pg. 162
X. Dazai Osamu: The Death of the Past The Setting Sun, pg. 182
XI. The Tale of Genji as a Modern Novel, pg. 200
XII. Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness: Ibuse, Endo, Kaiko, Abe, pg. 245
XIII. A Few Final Remarks, pg. 271
Appendix I: Taketori monogatari, pg. 275
Appendix II: A Brief Bibliography for Further Reading, pg. 307
Index, pg. 311
