About this title: The "shishosetsu" is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of his century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of "shishosetsu", and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts. This book is the winner of the Hiromi Arisawa Memorial Award, 1990.
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Description: First Paperback Printing, 333 pp., Paperback, minor underlining and marginalia, else very good *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780520060647ISBN:0520060644
Description: As New in As New jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No markings in book. Binding tight. The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts. 333pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780520078833ISBN:0520078837
Description: New. The "shishosetsu" is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical... read more
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