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A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater

A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater

Paperback

Series: A to Z Guides, Book 187

Literary CriticismJapanese History

ISBN10: 0810876159
ISBN13: 9780810876156
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Apr 1 2010
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the political changes that Western trade ushered in were widespread social and cultural changes. Newspapers, novels, poems, and plays from the Western world were soon adapted and translated into Japanese. The combination of the rich storytelling tradition of Japan with the realism and modernism of the West produced some of the greatest literature of the modern age.

The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature-narrative, poetry, and drama-in modern Japan. This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Japanese literature.

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Miller, Scott J.

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