Modern Japanese fiction and its traditions : an introduction / J. Thomas Rimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rimer, J. Thomas, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese fiction--1868---History and criticism.

Japanese fiction.

Japanese literature--History and criticism.

Japanese literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1978]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, structural principles, and development of pre-modem and modern Japanese fiction in a way that is comprehensive, methodical, and accessible to the general reader.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Tanizaki Junichirō: The Past as Homage A Portrait of Shunkin and The Bridge of Dreams

III. Natsume Sōseki: The Past as Style Kusamakura

IV. Antecedents: The Tale, the Diary, the monogatari, the Essay

V. Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The Tale of Genji

VI. Source Books II: The Tale of the Heike and the nō Drama

VII. Ueda Akinari: The Past as Art Tales of Moonlight and Rain

VIII. Nagai Kafū and Mori Ōgai: The Past versus the Present The River Sumida and Sanshō the Steward

IX. Kawabata Yasunari: Eastern Approaches Snow Country

X. Dazai Osamu: The Death of the Past The Setting Sun

XI. The Tale of Genji as a Modern Novel

XII. Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness: Ibuse, Endō, Kaiko, Abe

XIII. A Few Final Remarks

Appendix I: Taketori monogatari

Appendix II: A Brief Bibliography for Further Reading

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [307]-310.

ISBN:

9781400856633

1400856639

9780691102252

0691102252

9780691609898

0691609896

OCLC:

884013414