Opening book details…
Can I read Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600 -1900 on EtoBox?
Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600 -1900 by Shirane, Haruo (editor) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600 -1900 about?
This is the first anthology ever devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa, one of the most creative epochs of Japanese culture. This anthology, which will be of vital interest to anyone involved in this era, includes not only fiction, poetry, and drama, but also essays, treatises, literary criticism, comic poetry, adaptations from Chinese, folk stories and other non-canonical works. Many of these texts have never been translated into English before, and several classics have been newly translated for this collection. Early Modern Japanese Literature introduces English readers to an unprecedented range of prose fiction genres, including dangibon (satiric sermons), kibyôshi (satiric and didactic picture books), sharebon (books of wit and fashion), yomihon (reading books), kokkeibon (books of humor), gôkan (bound books), and ninjôbon (books of romance and sentiment). The anthology also offers a rich array of poetry—waka, haiku, senryû, kyôka, kyôshi—and eleven plays, which range from contemporary domestic drama to historical plays and from early puppet theater to nineteenth century kabuki. Since much
Who reads Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600 -1900?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Shirane, Haruo (editor)
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231507431
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Reference, Literary Fiction