Inventing the classics : modernity, national identity, and Japanese literature / edited by Haruo Shirane and Tomi Suzuki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shirane, Haruo, 1951-

Suzuki, Tomi, 1951-

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Nationalism and literature--Japan.

Nationalism and literature.

Ideology and literature.

Nationalism and education--Japan.

Nationalism and education.

Japan.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 333 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of " classics" ("The Tale of Genji , "The Tale of the Heike , Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence.

Notes:

Papers from an international symposium, "Canon Formation: Gender, Nationalism, and Japanese Literature," held in March 1997 at Columbia University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index.

ISBN:

0804739900

0804741050

OCLC:

44876899