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Satoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society.

Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 4/3/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780674065864, 978-0674065864
      ISBN10: 0674065867

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      Book Synopsis
      Satoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society.

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