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Author Katō, Shūichi, 1919-2008.

Title A history of Japanese literature : from the Man'yōshū to modern times / Shuichi Kato
Edition New abridged ed. / translated & edited by Don Sanderson
Published Richmond, Surrey : Japan Library, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 400 pages)
Contents The age of the Manýōshū -- The first turning point -- The age of The tale of Genji and Tales of now and then -- The second turning point -- The age of Nō and Kyōgen -- The third turning point -- The age of wit and learning -- The fourth turning point -- The age of Meiji -- The age of industrialization -- The postwar years
Summary A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature
Notes "Classic paperbacks."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-373)-and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Japanese literature -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Japanese literature
Geschichte
Literatur
Japans.
Letterkunde.
Littérature japonaise -- Histoire et critique.
Japanisch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Sanderson, Don
ISBN 9781136613685
1136613684
Other Titles Nihon bungakushi josetsu. English