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Author Poulton, M. Cody, 1955- author.

Title A beggar's art : scripting modernity in Japanese drama, 1900-1930 / M. Cody Poulton
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrations
Contents Meiji drama theory before Ibsen -- The rise of modern drama, 1909-1924. The boxwood comb / by Okada Yachiyo ; The ruby / by Izumi Kyōka ; Father returns / by Kikuchi Kan ; The valley deep / by Suzuki Senzaburō -- After the quake. The skeletons' dance / by Akita Ujaku ; Brief night / by Kubota Mantarō ; Two men at play with life / by Kishida Kunio ; Rain of ice / by Hasegawa Shigure ; Mama / by Tanaka Chikao
Summary Following introductory essays on the development of Japanese drama between 1880 & 1939, this title offers translations of nine seminal one act plays by nine dramatists, including two women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Japanese
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Subject Japanese drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
One-act plays, Japanese -- Translations into English
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Japanese drama
One-act plays, Japanese
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441671318
1441671315
9780824860745
0824860748
9780824869151
082486915X
Other Titles Scripting modernity in Japanese drama, 1900-1930