Description
Book SynopsisPublished by Edition Synapse, Tokyo, and distributed outside Japan by Routledge.
There is a growing interest in the French Japonism movement of the late nineteenth century, and academic research in the subject is developing in both quantity and quality. However, much of this scholarly activity is confined to the area of art history and, apart from some work on leading authors like Pierre Loti or Judith Gautier, very little scholarship has emerged from the field of French literature. Indeed, many works produced by popular French authors during this period have long been forgotten, even in France.
Addressing the absence of source material for those studying such Japonism literature in France, the reprint series was created and this is the third collection. It includes five French popular novels published in the early twentieth century with Japan or Japanese as their main topic. The books include interesting illustrations and plates, many reproduced in full colour as they appeared in the original first editions.
Table of ContentsVolume 1 :
Pettit, Charles
Dogues et felins, Aventures d'un baron prussien au Japon
Paris: Editions du monde illustre, 1910, c. 290 pp.
Volume 2 :
Champsaur, Felicien
Poupee japonaise
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle
1912, c. 390 pp.
Volume 3 :
Ivoi, Paul d' [pseud. de Paul Deleutre]
Message du Mikado, Voyages excentriques
Paris: Boivin
1913, c. 435 pp.
Volume 4 :
Farrere, Claude [pseud. de Charles Bargone]
La Bataille
Paris: Ernest Flammarion
1921, c. 250 pp.
Volume 5 :
Naudeau, Ludovic
Plaisir du Japon
Paris: Ernest Flammarion
1922, c. 285 pp.
+ [preface et illustrations par Louis Sabattier adjoutes de l’ edition publie par La Petite Illustration, c.1922]
