The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature

By Shiki Masaoka, Taiko Hirabayashi, Junzaburo Nishiwaki, et al.

Book Overview

Featuring choice selections from the core anthologies The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945, and The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From 1945 to the Present, this collection offers a concise yet remarkably rich introduction to the fiction, poetry, drama, and essays of Japan's modern encounter with the West. Spanning a period of exceptional invention and transition, this volume is not only a critical companion to courses on Japanese literary and intellectual development but also an essential reference for scholarship on Japanese history, culture, and interactions with the East and West.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157223
• ISBN13: 9780231157223
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 3.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher