Three Modern Novelists: Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata more books like this

by Professor Van C Gessel

This volume traces the lives and careers of three literary giants and their varying responses to Japan's increasing internationalization.

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Chaos and Order in the Works of Natsume Soseki more books like this

by Angela P Yiu

A study of Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), one of modern Japan's most revered writers. The book presents a critical examination of a split that runs deep in the discursive space of Soseki's writings as order grapples with the forces of chaos. Displaying an appreciation for the key attributes and complex cultural significance of Soseki's work, the ...

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Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natusme Soseki more books like this

by Doris G Bargen

On September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral, General Nogi Maresuke committed ritual suicide by seppuku (disembowelment). The revered military hero's wife joined in his act of junshi ("following one's lord into death"). The violence of their double suicide shocked the nation. Doris Bargen, in the first half of her book, demonstrates ...

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Kokoro & Selected Essays more books like this

by Soseki Natsume, Professor Edwin McClellan (Translator), Jay Rubin (Designer)

Nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world.

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The Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London more books like this

by Soseki Natsume, Damian Flanagan (Translator)

In October 1900, a brilliant but largely unknown Japanese scholar arrived in London to commence two years of intense study. The scholar would later become the most celebrated Japanese writer of all time. Natsume Soseki and produce a dazzling collection of novels, memoirs, criticism and short stories that form the bedrock of modern Japanese ...

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Rediscovering Natsume Soseki more books like this

by Soseki Natsume, Inger Brodey (Translator), Sammy T Tsunematsu (Translator)

The 1909 account of Soseki's travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway (SMR) in English. The introduction offers an in-depth reassessment of Soseki the man and writer as well as an insightful commentary on the SMR journey itself and the place of the travelogue in Soseki's writings. The volume includes a plate ...

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Kokoro, a novel more books like this

by Soseki Natsume

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The Psychological World of Natsume Soseki more books like this

by Takeo Doi

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Ten Nights of Dream more books like this

by Soseki Natsume

This collection presents the prolific imagination of Sō seki Natsume, Japan's most beloved author. Ranging from humor to profound maturity, the works in this volume offer the full spectrum of Sō seki's genius. They are among Sō seki's best, and brilliantly display his temperament and thought, the richness of his humor, and the ...

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Two Japanese Novelists: Soseki & Toson more books like this

by Professor Edwin McClellan

Two writers, Natsume Soseki and Shimazaki Toson, invented the modern Japanese novel. Soseki is the eccentric novelist who appears on the 10,000 yen note. His contemporary, Shimazaki Toson, brought to Japanese fiction a lyricism previously seen only in poetry and nature writing. As revered today as they were during their own lifetimes, these two ...

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Ten Nights of Dream, Hearing Things, the Heredity of Taste more books like this

by Soseki Natsume

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The Tower of London more books like this

by Soseki Natsume, Kii Nakano (Translator)

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Natsume Soseki. more books like this

by Beongcheon Yu

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Natsume Soseki : a comparative study more books like this

by Kenshiro Honma

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Zen Haiku more books like this

by Soiku Shigematsu (Translator), Soseki Natsume

Natsume Soseki was a fiction writer in Meiji Japan, and also a calligrapher, painter and poet. According to critics, his prose, haiku and Chinese poetry expresses the idea of sokuten kyoshi ("becoming one with heaven, liberated from the self"). This text contains selections of his correspondence with Zen monks and anecdotes from Soseki's life, ...

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