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Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions : An Introduction / J. Thomas Rimer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 568Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1978Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (328 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691609898
  • 9781400856633
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.6/3/009 895.63009
LOC classification:
  • PL747.55 .R55
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Tanizaki Junichirō: The Past as Homage A Portrait of Shunkin and The Bridge of Dreams -- III. Natsume Sōseki: The Past as Style Kusamakura -- IV. Antecedents: The Tale, the Diary, the monogatari, the Essay -- V. Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The Tale of Genji -- VI. Source Books II: The Tale of the Heike and the nō Drama -- VII. Ueda Akinari: The Past as Art Tales of Moonlight and Rain -- VIII. Nagai Kafū and Mori Ōgai: The Past versus the Present The River Sumida and Sanshō the Steward -- IX. Kawabata Yasunari: Eastern Approaches Snow Country -- X. Dazai Osamu: The Death of the Past The Setting Sun -- XI. The Tale of Genji as a Modern Novel -- XII. Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness: Ibuse, Endō, Kaiko, Abe -- XIII. A Few Final Remarks -- Appendix I: Taketori monogatari -- Appendix II: A Brief Bibliography for Further Reading -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, structural principles, and development of pre-modem and modern Japanese fiction in a way that is comprehensive, methodical, and accessible to the general reader.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Tanizaki Junichirō: The Past as Homage A Portrait of Shunkin and The Bridge of Dreams -- III. Natsume Sōseki: The Past as Style Kusamakura -- IV. Antecedents: The Tale, the Diary, the monogatari, the Essay -- V. Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The Tale of Genji -- VI. Source Books II: The Tale of the Heike and the nō Drama -- VII. Ueda Akinari: The Past as Art Tales of Moonlight and Rain -- VIII. Nagai Kafū and Mori Ōgai: The Past versus the Present The River Sumida and Sanshō the Steward -- IX. Kawabata Yasunari: Eastern Approaches Snow Country -- X. Dazai Osamu: The Death of the Past The Setting Sun -- XI. The Tale of Genji as a Modern Novel -- XII. Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness: Ibuse, Endō, Kaiko, Abe -- XIII. A Few Final Remarks -- Appendix I: Taketori monogatari -- Appendix II: A Brief Bibliography for Further Reading -- Index -- Backmatter

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Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, structural principles, and development of pre-modem and modern Japanese fiction in a way that is comprehensive, methodical, and accessible to the general reader.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)