Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions
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Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions

An Introduction

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions

An Introduction

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. I. Introduction
  4. II. Tanizaki Junichirō: The Past as Homage A Portrait of Shunkin and The Bridge of Dreams
  5. III. Natsume Sōseki: The Past as Style Kusamakura
  6. IV. Antecedents: The Tale, the Diary, the Monogatari, the Essay
  7. V. Source Books I: Tales of Ise, The Tale of Genji
  8. VI. Source Books II: The Tale of the Heike and the Nō Drama
  9. VII. Ueda Akinari: The Past as Art Tales of Moonlight and Rain
  10. VIII. Nagai Kafū and Mori Ōgai: The Past versus the Present The River Sumida and Sanshō the Steward
  11. IX. Kawabata Yasunari: Eastern Approaches Snow Country
  12. X. Dazai Osamu: The Death of the Past The Setting Sun
  13. XI. The Tale of Genji as a Modern Novel
  14. XII. Tradition and Contemporary Consciousness: Ibuse, Endō, Kaiko, Abe
  15. XIII. A Few Final Remarks
  16. Appendix I: Taketori Monogatari
  17. Appendix II: A Brief Bibliography for Further Reading
  18. Index