On uneven ground : Miyazawa Kenji and the making of place in modern Japan / Hoyt Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Hoyt J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933--Criticism and interpretation.

Miyazawa, Kenji.

Japanese literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Literature and society--Japan--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The history of literary and artistic production in modern Japan has typically centered on the literature and art of Tokyo, yet cultural activity in the country's regional cities and rural towns was no less vibrant. On Uneven Ground recovers pieces of this neglected history through the figure of Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). While alive, he remained a mostly unknown and unread provincial author whose experiments with narrative fiction, amateur theater, and farmer's art reveal an intense determination to reimagine and remake his native place, in the northeast of Japan, meaningful. <BR

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Naming; Prologue: Making Place for the Author; Part One: Thinking The Local; Part Two: The Marginal Case And The Texture Of Locality; Part Three: The New Roles of Local Engagement; Epilogue: Trading Places; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804778886

0804778884

OCLC:

767498721