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Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day
by
Donald Keene ,
Kanagaki Robun , Kume Masao , Akutagawa Ryūnosuke , Hattori Bushō , Kobayashi Takiji , Yokomitsu Riichi , Hino Ashihei
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Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene’s critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature includes concise introductions to the writers, as well as a historical introduction by Professor Keene. Includes: Growing Up by I...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
January 31st 1994
by Grove Press
(first published November 30th 1955)
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Reading these excerpts is worth spending my time since it's like reading an overview of modern Japanese literature from 1868 onwards by 15+1 translators. Only two are quite familiar to me, that is, Donald Keene and Edward Seidensticker. As for the rest, it is my first time to enjoy reading their fine translations. In the team, there're three Japanese translators as follows: Baroness Shidzue Ishimoto, Yozan T. Iwasaki and Shio Sakanishi. Why +1? Surprisingly, I read "The Cannery Boat" (pp. 333-33...more
Really annoying that the stories chosen here are excerpts from novels. I'd hoped that they would be fully intact, living & breathing short stories, but no...they're excerpts. Chopped-off chunks of larger, unknowable beings. I suppose such an anthology must exist, and that it has its reasons, but how annoying. Anyway, the introduction gives a great little history of modern Japanese literature (from 1868 to Mishima Yukio). Keene is so knowledgeable and a very good writer -- I'm hooked and will...more
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1) The Beefeater; Kanagaki, Robun
2) The Western Peep Show; Hattori, Busho
3) The Thieves; Kawatake, Mokuami
4) Modern Poetry in Chinese
5) The Essence of the Novel; Tsubouchi, Shoyo
6) The Drifting Cloud; Futabatei, Shimei
7) Growing Up; Higuchi, Ichiyo
8) Old Gen; Kunikida, Doppo
9) Modern Haiku: I
10) Botchan; Natsume, Soseki
11) The Broken Commandment; Shimazaki, Toson
12) One Soldier; Tayama, Katai
13) The River Sumida; Nagai, Kafu
14) Modern Poetry: I
15) Modern Waka
16) The Romaji Diary; Ishikawa, Takub...more
2) The Western Peep Show; Hattori, Busho
3) The Thieves; Kawatake, Mokuami
4) Modern Poetry in Chinese
5) The Essence of the Novel; Tsubouchi, Shoyo
6) The Drifting Cloud; Futabatei, Shimei
7) Growing Up; Higuchi, Ichiyo
8) Old Gen; Kunikida, Doppo
9) Modern Haiku: I
10) Botchan; Natsume, Soseki
11) The Broken Commandment; Shimazaki, Toson
12) One Soldier; Tayama, Katai
13) The River Sumida; Nagai, Kafu
14) Modern Poetry: I
15) Modern Waka
16) The Romaji Diary; Ishikawa, Takub...more
Incredible classic collection of Japanese short stories of the modern era. My favorites were "One Soldier" which reads like a much tougher version of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE or THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. Also HAN'S CRIME which reads like an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. You don't have to be a lover of Japanese culture and cuisine like I am to read this outstanding collection!
Donald Keene does a nice job of bringing together in one work, stories, including many poems, that are representative of modern literature in Japan.
Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day is an attractive anthology for those interested in Japanese literature beyond the popular and famous works of today's novelists. Some of the stories presented are not easy to come by, and some might even be impossible to obtain. Keene saves us the trouble.
This collection was published in 1956....more
Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day is an attractive anthology for those interested in Japanese literature beyond the popular and famous works of today's novelists. Some of the stories presented are not easy to come by, and some might even be impossible to obtain. Keene saves us the trouble.
This collection was published in 1956....more
An anthology I read about 25 years ago, during a time in which I had envisioned someday becoming a professor of Asian languages and literatures. Recommended.
Donald Keene knows everything about Japanese Literature. Ultimately, however, this is more a reference book than an engaging read. Reading a Dazai or a Mishima novel that you want some better context for? It's the place to go - but it's not exactly 'casual' or 'entertaining' reading.
Donald Keene's great anthology of Japanese tales - and all the suspected stars (the great one's) are here in this package. Mishima, Dazai, Tanizaki, Kawabata, etc. Like the one down below, this is another essential anthology of Japanese writing.
Oh this was shit. A few excerpts from things worth reading, a few excerpts from shit not worth reading. BUT ALL EXCERPTS. EVEN SHORT STORIES WERE EXCERPTED. FUCK OFF.
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