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Book SynopsisTraces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of the authors Ueda Akinari, Natsume S'seki, Mori 'gai, Yokomitsu Riichi, 'oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. Focusing on interconnected themes, this book illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia.
Trade Review[An] inspired and intelligent volume. Choice Washburn's study offers insightful and engaging readings with perceptive cross-references and intelligent interpretations. Monumenta Nipponica "An intelligent contribution to ongoing debates in Japanese literary studies... [Washburn] is to be congratulated. -- Michael K Bourdaghs Journal of Japanese Studies
Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. Real Identities1. Ghostwriters and Literary Haunts2. Translating Mount Fuji3. Manly Virtue and Modern Identity4. Real Images5. Toward a View from Nowhere6. Kitsch, Nihilism, and the InauthenticEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
