Supernatural Japan : Izumi Kyoka and the Global Fantastic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bassoe, Pedro Thiago Ramos.

Series:

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; v.107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kyōka, Izumi, 1873-1939.

Supernatural in literature.

Japanese literature.

Local Subjects:

Kyōka, Izumi, 1873-1939.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.

Summary:

Supernatural Japan examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939) in the formation of modern literature of the fantastic in Japan as a global literary genre.Kyōka wrote some of the most famous stories of ghosts, monsters, and the supernatural in modern Japanese literature, including The Holy Man of Mt.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. Visual Landscapes: Elements of Kyōka's Literature of the Fantastic

2. Kusazōshi and the Japanese Marvelous: Kyōka as a Collector of Picture Books

3. Literature in Translation: The Global Fantastic

4. Kyōka and Maupassant: Modern Ghost Stories

5. Kyōka and Mérimée: Tales of Magic and Ghosts

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-472-90575-9

9780472905751

OCLC:

1527921074