184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
Engagements with Modern Japanese Literature offers an accessible introduction to the development of modern Japanese literature from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to contemporary Japan. It combines literary history and literary analysis to provide an overview as well as in-depth understanding of literary development in the past 150 years.
Modern Japanese literature includes an abundant body of... Read more
Introduction; 1. Voices of Modernity in Meiji Literature (1868–1912); 2. Taishō and Prewar Literature (1912–1936); 3. Women in War and Postwar Literature; 4. Six Major Writers; 5. Literature in Contemporary Japan; Glossary; Resources and Databases in Translation, Criticism, and Literary History; Major Publications and Events in Modern Japanese Literature; Further Reading; Index
Biography
Angela Yiu is Professor of Modern Japanese Literature in the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Her research interests include war and postwar art and literature, women writers, and utopian studies. Her publications include Literature in Heisei Japan, 1989–2019 (2024).
