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Japanese Writers and the West by Sumie Okada (auth.) is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Japanese Writers and the West about?
This book concludes Sumie Okada's trilogy concerning cultural relationships between Japan and the West. This volume discusses six Japanese authors (Soseki, Mishima, Akiko Yosano, Hiroshi Yosano, Endo and Murakami), analysing the encounter between their traditional Japanese group-consciousness and western individualism. It also covers Endo's student days in Lyon, and his relationship with the humanist Françoise Pastre, appending a moving account by her sister Geneviève.
Who reads Japanese Writers and the West?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sumie Okada (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230596504
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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