The American diary of a Japanese girl / Yone Noguchi ; edited by Edward Marx and Laura E. Franey ; with original illustrations by Genjiro Yeto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947.

Contributor:

Marx, Edward.

Franey, Laura E., 1971-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

Annotated ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first American novel by a writer of Japanese ancestry, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is a landmark of modern American fiction and Japanese American transnationalism. First published in 1902, Yone Noguchi's novel describes the turn-of-the-century adventures of Tokyo belle Miss Morning Glory in a first-person narrative that The New York Times called ""perfectly ingenuous and unconventional."" Initially published as an authentic journal, the Diary was later revealed to be a playful autobiographical fiction written by a man.No less than her creator, Miss Morning Glory delights in disguises, unabashedly switching gender, class, and ethnic roles.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Introduction by Laura E. Franey; Notes to this Edition; Before I Sailed; On the Ocean; In Amerikey; Afterword by Edward Marx; Notes to the Introduction; Notes to the Text; Notes to the Afterword; Works Cited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-201).

ISBN:

9786612329043

9781282329041

1282329049

9781592135561

1592135560

OCLC:

476075070