| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages). |
| Series |
Weatherhead Books on Asia |
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Weatherhead books on Asia.
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| Contents |
Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1; Preface; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Part 2; Statement on Joining the Asahi; Philosophical Foundations of the Literary Arts; ""Preface"" to Literary Criticism; The Merits and Flaws of -isms; My Individualism; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for such highly acclaimed works as Kokoro, Sanshiro, and I Am a Cat. Yet he began his career as a literary theorist and scholar of English literature. In 1907, he published Theory of Literature, a remarkably forward-thinking attempt to understand how and why we read. The text anticipates by decades the ideas and concepts of formalism, structuralism, reader-response theory, and postcolonialism, as well as cognitive approaches to literature that are only now gaini. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language |
Translated from the Japanese. |
| Subject |
Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General.
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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| Added Author |
Bourdaghs, Michael.
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Ueda, Atsuko.
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Murphy, Joseph, 1949-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Soseki, Natsume. Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008 9780231146579 |
| ISBN |
9780231518314 (ebook) |
| Music No. |
EB00662540 Recorded Books |
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