Parody, Irony and Ideology in the Fiction of Ihara Saikaku

by David J Gundry and David J. Gundry

The first monograph published in English on Ihara Saikaku's fiction, David J. Gundry's lucid, compelling study examines the tension reflected in key works by Edo-period Japan's leading writer of 'floating world' literature between the official societal hierarchy dictated by the Tokugawa shogunate's hereditary status-group system and the era's de facto, fluid, wealth-based social hierarchy. The book's nuanced, theoretically engaged explorations of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004343059
• ISBN13: 9789004343054
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"