Women writers of Meiji and Taishō Japan : their lives, works and critical reception, 1868-1926 / by Yukiko Tanaka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanaka, Yukiko, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, Japanese.

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

Japanese literature.

Japanese literature--Taishō period, 1912-1926--History and criticism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2000]

Contents:

1 Meiji's Pioneering Literary Women / Tanabe Kaho, Kishida Toshiko, Kimura Akebono, Wakamatsu Shizuko, Shimizu Toyoko 13

2 The Ethos of Reactionary Conservativism and Women Writers / Kitada Usurai, Higuchi Ichiyo, Tazawa Inafune 51

3 The Romantic Movement in Poetry / Yosano Akiko 89

4 Women Writers of the Naturalist School / Mizuno Senko, Shiraki Shizu, Ojima Kikuko, Tamura Toshiko 103

5 Taisho Liberalism and Women 137

Epilogue: Toward the New Era of Literary Women: Nogami Yaeko 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) and index.

ISBN:

0786408529

OCLC:

44110532