| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 322 pages) |
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New studies in modern Japan |
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New studies in modern Japan.
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| Contents |
I. Politics and Literature Debate -- 1. Art, History, Humanity / Honda Shugo -- 2. Second Youth / Ara Masahito -- 3. Who Are the People? / Ara Masahito -- 4. Responsibility of Writers: A Roundtable Discussion / Honda Shugo -- 5. Antithesis / Hirano Ken -- 6. Establishing Criteria / Hirano Ken -- 7. Politics and Literature I / Hirano Ken -- 8. Humanity of Criticism I: Concerning Hirano Ken and Ara / Masahito Nakano Shigeharu -- 9. What Is the "Primacy of Politics"? / Hirano Ken -- 10. Politics and Literature II / Hirano Ken -- 11. Humanity of Criticism II: On the Literary Reaction, et Cetera / Nakano Shigeharu -- II. Contemporaneous Essays -- 12. Rationed Freedom / Kawakami Tetsutaro -- 13. Role of the Writer as National Citizen / Nakano Shigeharu -- 14. Social Foundations of a New Japanese Literature / Kurahara Korehito -- 15. Inquiry into War Responsibility in Literature / Odagiri Hideo -- 16. Subjectivity in the Creation of a New Literature: Thoughts for a New Stage / Odagiri Hideo -- 17. Founding Words: A Manifesto / Sasaki Kiichi -- 18. On Wifely Literature / Hirano Ken -- 19. On the New Stars and Violets School / Kato Shuichi -- 20. Logic of Delirium / Hanada Kiyoteru -- 21. Chart of the Heavenly Bodies: On Copernicus / Hanada Kiyoteru -- III. Afterlives of the Debate -- 22. Specter of the "Censorship System": Record of the Chatterley Trial / Nakamura Mitsuo -- 23. Ideology of the Modern and the Problem of the Ethnic Nation / Takeuchi Yoshimi -- 24. Literature under the Occupation / Nakamura Mitsuo |
| Summary |
This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings-many appearing in English for the first time-offer explorations into the social, political, and philosophical debates among Japanese literary elites that shaped the country's literary culture in the aftermath of defeat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English with essays in English translated from the Japanese |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Criticism -- Japan -- History
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Politics and literature -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Criticism
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Politics and literature
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ueda, Atsuko, editor.
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Bourdaghs, Michael K., editor.
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Sakakibara, Richi, editor.
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Toeda, Hirokazu, 1964- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017025697 |
| ISBN |
9780739180778 |
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0739180770 |
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