Text and the city : essays on Japanese modernity / Maeda Ai ; edited with an introduction by James A. Fujii.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maeda, Ai, 1932-1987.

Contributor:

Fujii, James A.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Asia-Pacific.

Asia-Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--1868---History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Space and time in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first translation into English of essays on modern Japanese literature, culture, and urban ethnography written by the late Ai Maeda, arguably the most prominent 20th century Japanese literary and cultural critic.

Contents:

Foreword: A Walker in the City: Maeda Ai and the Mapping of Urban Space HARRY HAROOTUNIAN

Introduction: Refiguring the Modern: Maeda Ai and the City JAMES A. FUJII

LIGHT CITY, DARK CITY: VISUALIZING THE MODERN

1. Utopia of the Prisonhouse: A Reading of In Darkest Tokyo -TRANSLATION BY SEIJI M. LIPPIT AND JAMES A. FUJII

2. The Panorama of Enlightenment TRANSLATION BY HENRY D. SMITH

3. The Spirits of Abandoned Gardens: On Nagai Kafu's "The Fox" TRANSLATION BY WILLIAM F. SIBLEY

PLAY, SPACE, AND MASS CULTURE

4. Their Time as Children: A Study of Higuchi Ichiyo's Growing Up (Takekurabe) TRANSLATION BY EDWARD FOWLER

5. Asakusa as Theater: Kawabata Yasunari's The Crimson Gang of Asakusa TRANSLATION BY EDWARD FOWLER

6. The Development of Popular Fiction in the Late Taisho Era: Increasing Readership of Women's Magazines TRANSLATION BY REBECCA COPELAND

TEXT, SPACE, VISUALITY

7. From Communal Performance to Solitary Reading: The Rise of the Modern Japanese Reader TRANSLATION BY JAMES A. FUJII

8. Modern Literature and theWorld of Printing TRANSLATION BY RICHARD OKADA

CROSSING BOUNDARIES IN URBAN SPACE

9. Ryuhoku in Paris TRANSLATION BY MATTHEW FRALEIGH

10. Berlin 1888: Mori Ogai's "Dancing Girl" TRANSLATION BY LESLIE PINCUS

11. In the Recesses of the High City: On Soseki's Gate TRANSLATION BY WILLIAM F. SIBLEY

Afterword WILLIAM F. SIBLEY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612921155

9781282921153

1282921150

9780822385622

0822385627

OCLC:

213455216