HEAM 345 Saito, Detective Fiction & Rise o.t. Japanese Novel / Satoru Saito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saitō, Satoru, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 345.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 345

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, Japanese--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, Japanese.

Japanese fiction--Western influences.

Japanese fiction.

Japanese fiction--Meiji period, 1868-1912--History and criticism.

Japanese fiction--Taishō period, 1912-1926--History and criticism.

Japanese fiction--Taishō period.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Through a series of close readings, Saito (Japanese, Rutgers U.) investigates structural and conceptual similarities between the novel in prewar Japan and Western detective stories--similarities that were not simply coincidental, as he demonstrates, but rather a manifestation of cultural conditions and needs. This study encompasses authors including Tsubouchi Shoyo, Kuroiwa Ruiko, Natsume Soseki, and Edogawa Ranpo, among others. The volume is distributed by Harvard U. Press. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Novel's Other: Detective Fiction and the Literary Project of Tsubouchi Shōyō

Allegories of Detective Fiction: Kuroiwa Ruikō and the Refashioning of a Meiji Subject

Of Crimes and Punishments: The Tribulations of Meiji Students in the Writings of Japanese Naturalism

Mysteries of the Modern Subject: The Detective and the Detective Fiction Framework in the Writings of Natsume Sōseki

Rhetoric of Disavowal: "Secrets and Liberation" and the Specters of the West

Detecting the Unconscious: Edogawa Ranpo and the Emergence of the Japanese Detective

The Detective, the Masses, and the State

Works Cited

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: HEAM 345 Saito, Detective Fiction & Rise o.t. Japanese Novel,

ISBN:

9781684175215

9780674065864

OCLC:

1012938212

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684175215 DOI

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