Japanese Gothic Tales

by Kyōka Izumi

Book Overview

Resisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji "enlightenment," Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance. Gothic Tales makes available for the first time a collection of stories by this highly influential writer, whose decadent romanticism led him to envision an idiosyncratic world--a fictive purgatory --precious and bizarre though...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824817893
• ISBN13: 9780824817893
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"