Lafcadio Hearn in international perspectives [electronic resource] / edited by Sukehiro Hirakawa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirakawa, Sukehiro.

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904--Criticism and interpretation.

Hearn, Lafcadio.

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904--Knowledge--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The East-West controversy over the significance and relevance of Lafcadio Hearn as a writer, thinker and interpreter of Japan continues unabated. Not surprisingly, the centenary of his death in 2004 presented an occasion for renewed debate and discussion by both sides of the divide. This volume, edited by one of Hearn’s leading contemporary apologists, in which he is also a significant contributor, presents twenty-two diverse essays drawn from over seventy papers delivered at conferences held in four cities in Japan in 2004, as well as at other international conferences that took place earlier. The contributors are Joan Blythe, John Clubbe, Susan Fisher, Ted Goosen, George Hughes, Yoko Makino, Peter McIvor, Hitobe Nabae, Cody Poulton and Masaru Toda. Their contributions range from Sukehiro Hirakawa’s ‘ A Reappraisal’ to Joan Blythe’s ‘Enduring Value of Lafcadio Hearn’s Tokyo Lectures’.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / S. Hirakawa

1. Lafcadio Hearn, A Reappraisal / Sukehiro Hirakawa

2. What Does His Greek Mother Mean To Hearn, The Japan Interpreter? / Sukehiro Hirakawa

3. Lafcadio’s Nightmares / Sukehiro Hirakawa

4. Hearn And The Sea / Sukehiro Hirakawa

5. Hearn: Interpreter Of The Animistic World Of The Japanese / Sukehiro Hirakawa

6. Return To Japan Or Return To The West? – Hearn’s ‘A Conservative’ / Sukehiro Hirakawa

7. Half A Century After Byron: What Did Greece Mean To The Writer Hearn? / Sukehiro Hirakawa

8. Lafcadio Hearn As An American Writer / John Clubbe

9. Image Of ‘The Creole Mother’ In Hearn’s Youma / Yoko Makino

10. From Folklore To Literature – Hearn And Japanese Legends Of Tree Spirits / Yoko Makino

11. Hearn And ‘Orpheus’ – His Art Of Retelling Stories Of Old Japan / Yoko Makino

12. Lafcadio Hearn And Yanagita Kunio: Who Initiated Folklore Studies In Japan? / Yoko Makino

13. Insect-Music: Lafcadio Hearn’s Orphean Song / Hitomi Nabae

14. Hearn’s Romantic Representation Of Shinto, The Way Of Japanese Gods / Masaru Toda

15. Two Springs: Hearn’s And Kyōka’s Other Worlds / Cody Poulton

16. ‘Weird Beauty’: Angela Carter And Lafcadio Hearn In Japan / Susan Fisher

17. Hearn And The Muse / Ted Goossen

18. ‘The Real Birthday Of New Japan’ – Lafcadio Hearn’s ‘After The War’ / Peter McIvor

19. The Image Of The Mother In The Work Of Hearn / George Hughes

20. Hearn: Travel-Writing And Controversy / George Hughes

21. Robert Nichols And Lafcadio Hearn: Cultural Politics And English Professors At The University Of Tokyo / George Hughes

22. The Enduring Value Of Lafcadio Hearn’s Tokyo Lectures / Joan Blythe

Bibliography / S. Hirakawa

Notes / S. Hirakawa

List Of Contributors / S. Hirakawa

Index / S. Hirakawa.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-37176-9

9786611371760

90-04-21347-3

OCLC:

753480453

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246267.i-284 DOI