The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature: The Subversion of Modernity

by Susan J. Napier

Book Overview

Modern Japan's repressed anxieties, fears and hopes come to the surface in the fantastic. A close analysis of fantasy fiction, film and comics reveals the ambivalence felt by many Japanese towards the success story of the nation in the twentieth century.
The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature explores the dark side to Japanese literature and Japanese society. It takes in the nightmarish future depicted in the animated film masterpiece, Akira,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415124581
• ISBN13: 9780415124584
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 7.9"