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Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism

Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism

by Donald Keene
Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism
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ISBN-10:
0231114389
ISBN-13:
9780231114387
Pub. Date:
04/27/1999
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism

Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature: Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism

by Donald Keene

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ISBN-13: 9780231114387
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 04/27/1999
Series: Dawn to the West
Edition description: Volume 4
Pages: 698
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.69(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Hailed in the New York Times Book Review as "the century's leading expert on Japanese literature, as well as its most indefatigable translator," Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of over thirty books of criticism and works of literature, including No and Bunraku, Twenty Plays of the No Theater, Major Plays of Chikamatsu, The Pleasures of Japanese Literature, Three Plays by Kobo Abe, Modern Japanese Diaries, Essays in Idleness, andTravelers of a Hundred Ages (all published by Columbia).

Table of Contents

Preface
Poetry in Traditional Forms
Introduction
The Modern Tanka
The Modern Haiku
Poetry in New Forms
Introduction
The Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The Taisho Period (1912-1926)
The Showa Period (from 1927)
The Modern Drama
Introduction
The Literature of Modern Kabuki
The Litearture of Shimpa and Shingeki
Modern Criticism
Introduction
The Meiji Period (1868-1912)
The Taisho Period (1912-1926)
The Showa Period (from 1927)
Glossary
Selected List of Translations into English
Index
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