Origins of modern Japanese literature / Karatani Kōjin ; translation edited by Brett de Bary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karatani, Kōjin, 1941-

Series:

Post-contemporary interventions

Standardized Title:

Nihon kindai bungaku no kigen. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--Meiji period, 1868-1912--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Physical Description:

xx, 219 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1993.

Summary:

Since its publication in Japan ten years ago, this book has become a landmark book, playing a pivotal role in defining discussions of modernity in that country. Against history of modern Asian critical theory, this first English publication is sure to have a profound effect on current cultural criticism in the West. It is both the boldest critique of modern Japanese literary history to appear in the postwar era and a major theoretical intervention, calling into question the idea of modernity that informs Western consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

ISBN:

082231312X

0822313235

OCLC:

26720771