Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction

Name: Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction
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ISBN: 9780300059977

ISBN-10: 0300059973

ISBN-13: 9780300059977

Edition: 1995

Authors: Dennis C. Washburn

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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/26/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 326
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Names


List of Abbreviations


Introduction


Mutability and the Floating World: The Classical Notion of the Modern


The Makings of a Modern Hero: The "Eawase" Chapter in Genji monogatari


The Burden of the Future: Asserting the Literary Self in Hojoki


Epiphanies of Modernism and the Floating World


Futabatei Shimei and the Meiji Sense of the Modern


Literary Darwinism: The Crisis of Language and Canon Formation


The Limits of Realism and the Dilemma of Futabatei


The Skeptic as Artist: Sono omokage


Like the Slobber of a Cow: A Mediocre Literary Life


Inner Horizons: The Modern Narrative Voice


The Dilemma of the Modern and the Autobiographical Confession


The Sense of an Ending: The Apocalyptic Individualism of Natsume Soseki


The Individual in History: The Narrative Voice of Mori Ogai


Nostalgic Narratives: The Primitivistic Voice of Nagai Kafu


Narrative Relativism and Cultural Amnesia


The Apotheosis of the Artist: The Transcendent Perspective of Shiga Naoya


The Narrative Subversions of Akutagawa and Kajii Motojiro


A Dizzying Descent into Self: Kawabata and the Problem of Cultural Amnesia


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index