Writing Home: Representations of the Native Place in Modern Japanese Literature
Language: English
Published by Harvard University Asia Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 2004
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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"Writing Home: Representations of the Native Place in Modern Japanese Literature" by Stephen Dodd. This copy: First edition. Harvard University Asia Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 2004. x, 293 pp. Size: 24.0 x 16.0 cm Language: English Condition: Dust jacket: Near Fine - very clean. Body: Near Fine - very clean. Binding: Near Fine - firm and sound. Edges: Near Fine - very clean. Pages: Near Fine - very clean. Text: Near Fine - clean and unmarked. Others: Presentation inscription by the author on front endpaper. Description: Discusses writers including Kunikida Doppo, Shimazaki Toson, Sato Haruo, and Shiga Naoya in relation to representations of the native place in modern Japanese literature. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore.…
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- Title
- Writing Home: Representations of the Native Place in Modern Japanese Literature
- Author
- Stephen Dodd.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674016521
- ISBN 13
- 9780674016521
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
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This book examines the development of Japanese literature depicting the native place (furusato) from the mid-Meiji period through the late 1930s as a way of articulating the uprootedness and sense of loss many experienced as Japan modernized. The 1890s witnessed the appearance of fictional works describing a city dweller who returns to his native place, where he reflects on the evils of urban life and the idyllic past of his childhood home. The book concentrates on four authors who typify this trend: Kunikida Doppo, Shimazaki Tōson, Satō Haruo, and Shiga Naoya.
All four writers may be understood as trying to make sense of contemporary Japan. Their works reflect their engagement with the social, intellectual, economic, and technological discourses that created a network of shared experience among people of a similar age. This common experience allows the author to chart how these writers’ works contributed to the general debate over Japanese national identity in this period. By exploring the links between furusato literature and the theme of national identity, he shows that the debate over a common language that might “transparently” express the modern experience helped shape a variety of literary forms used to present the native place as a distinctly Japanese experience.
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Kitazawa Bookstore, founded in 1902 and now operated by the fourth generation of the Kitazawa family, is a long-established antiquarian bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo-the heart of the world's largest Book Town. We specialize in vintage and rare books in the humanities, especially literature and works on Japan. With over a century of bookselling tradition, we are committed to careful curation, authenticity, and personal service. Whether you are a scholar, collector, or simply a lover of books, we welcome you to discover something meaningful on our shelves.…
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