Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature

Japanese Literature of the the Modern Era: Poetry, Drama, Criticism

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Donald Keene

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Donald Keene's definitive history of modern Japanese literature is an achievement beyond the range and scope of any other western writer. The fourth book of his series offers comprehensive insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism - including studies of important trends and developments such as the traditional poetic forms of tanka and haiku, poetry in the Meiji and Taisho dynastic periods, modern drama and the literature of kabuki, and modern criticism from Meiji through the Showa periods.

Author Biography:

Hailed in the New York Times Book Review as "the century's leading expert on Japanese literature, as well as its most indefatigable translator," Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of over thirty books of criticism and works of literature, including No and Bunraku, Twenty Plays of the No Theater, Major Plays of Chikamatsu, The Pleasures of Japanese Literature, Three Plays by Kobo Abe, Modern Japanese Diaries, Essays in Idleness, andTravelers of a Hundred Ages (all published by Columbia).

Release date Australia

April 27th, 1999

Author

Donald Keene

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

Volume 4

Pages

698

Dimensions

154x232x32

ISBN-13

9780231114394

Product ID

6119496

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