Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature: Inciting Difference

by Victoria Young

This book examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship each of these to translation, from the perspective of modern Japanese fiction.

By reading between the gaps and revealing tensions and blind spots in the image that Japanese literature presents to the world, the author brings together a series of essays and works of fiction that are normally kept separate in distinct subgenres,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032564865
• ISBN13: 9781032564869
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"