The Columbia anthology of Japanese essays : zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First century /
A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a Meiji-period novelist, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu -- a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A court lady of the Heian era, an early modern philologist, a Meiji-period novelist, and a physicist at Tokyo University. What do they have in common, besides being Japanese? They all wrote zuihitsu -- a uniquely Japanese literary genre encompassing features of the nonfiction or personal essay and miscellaneous musings. For sheer range of subject matter and breadth of perspective, the zuihitsu is unrivaled in the Japanese literary tradition, which may explain why few examples have been translated into English. Springing from a variety of social, artistic, political, and professional discourses, zuihitsu is an undeniably important literary form practiced by all types of people who reveal much about themselves, their identities, and the times in which they lived. Zuihitsu also contain a good deal of humor, which is often underrepresented in translations of "serious" Japanese writing. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (810 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780231537551 0231537557 |