Description
Book SynopsisTranslation of two novels written in the 1930s by Korean-born Yuasa Katsuei, who realistically depicted the lives of Koreans under Japanese colonial rule.
Trade Review“The publication of these translations may well be remembered as an epoch-making event. Mark Driscoll has made a major contribution to our understanding of Japanese modernity in all of its complexity, of postcoloniality as a theoretical concept and political praxis, and of the politics of Asian studies as a discipline. Moreover, he has rescued a nearly forgotten figure whose work speaks a message that—as Driscoll demonstrates so lucidly—needs to be heard by English-speaking readers today.”—Michael K. Bourdaghs, author of
The Dawn that Never Comes: Shimazaki Toson and Japanese Nationalism"
Kannani and Docum
ent of Flames . . . is a far more valuable contribution to the study of 'Japanese (Japanese-language) literature and postcolonial studies than its unassuming title suggests. . . . [T]he volume reinvigorates the discussion of Japanese literature. . . [This volume] will be an effective tool for both scholarship and teaching." -- Edward Mack * Postcolonial Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Kannani 37
Document of Flames 99
Conclusion: Postcoloniality in Reverse 161
