{"product_id":"hermann-hesse-and-japan-a-study-in-reciprocal-transcultural-reception-9781789973686","title":"Hermann Hesse and Japan: A Study in Reciprocal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermann Hesse once stated that his Japanese readers understood him best among all his readers worldwide – a little known fact among readers of Hesse in the West. This book examines Hesse’s reception in Japan and of Japan in the context of a transcultural reception process. It traces the different phases of Hesse’s reception in Japan and contextualises this reception in terms of the regional setting of East Asia and the cultural authority of imperial Japan. The role of transcultural mediators as figurative nodes in the world literature system is analysed, with a particular focus on the key role played by Hesse’s «Japanese» cousin, Wilhelm Gundert. Finally, Hesse’s epistolary exchange with his Japanese readers is unfolded to show how deep affinities arise, which result in the creation of a type of «spiritual» capital. This epistolary exchange, together with the translation of the Zen bible \u003ci\u003ePi Yen Lu \u003c\/i\u003eby Wilhelm Gundert, inspired Hesse to write a series of three unique Zen-poems as a means of expressing a lifelong search for transcendence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: Wilhelm Gundert: Hermann Hesse’s «Japanese» Cousin. His Influence and Mediation – The Reception of Hermann Hesse in Japan: Imperial and Domestic Gateway – Hesse in Transcultural Dialogue with His Japanese Readers – Hesse’s Zen- Poems: Beyond \u003ci\u003eDas Glasperlenspiel \u003c\/i\u003eto the Transcultural «Essence».\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042594783575,"sku":"9781789973686","price":55.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789973686.jpg?v=1750954789","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hermann-hesse-and-japan-a-study-in-reciprocal-transcultural-reception-9781789973686","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}