| Description |
ix, 313 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [307]-310. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Tanizaki Junichirō: the past as homage, A portrait of Shunkin and The bridge of dreams -- Natsume Sōseki: the past as style, Kusamakura -- Antecedents: the tale, the diary, the monogatari, the essay -- Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The tale of Genji -- Source Books II: The tale of the heike and the nō drama -- Ueda Akinari: the past as art, Tales of moonlight and rain -- Nagai Kafū and Mori Ōgai: the past versus the present, The River Sumida and Sanshō the steward -- Kawabata Yasunari: eastern approaches, Snow country -- Dazai Osamu: the death of the past, The setting sun -- The tale of Genji as a modern novel -- Tradition and contemporary consciousness: Ibuse, Endō, Kaiko, Abe. |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction -- 1868- -- History and criticism.
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Japanese literature -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0691063621: $15.00 |
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