Out of the alleyway : Nakagami Kenji and the poetics of outcaste fiction / Eve Zimmerman.
Out of the alleyway : Nakagami Kenji and the poetics of outcaste fiction / Eve Zimmerman.
Out of the alleyway : Nakagami Kenji and the poetics of outcaste fiction / Eve Zimmerman.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Asia Center, c2007.
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N895.635/30
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English
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Physical content
x, 263 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Roots and Branches -- Icarus descending: Expendable males and the poetry of Nakagami Kenji -- Brother-sister love and the creation of Akiyuki -- Knowing pleasures: Sennen no yuraku , a tale for our times -- A language of Kumano -- Violent histories: The snake and the shaman.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Asia Center, c2007.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"By bringing to the fore the literary urgency and social engagement that informed all aspects of Nakagami's creative and intellectual production, from his works of prose and poetry to his criticism, this book argues for us to appreciate Nakagami as a distinctive and relevant voice in modern Japanese literature."--BOOK JACKET....
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Out of the alleyway : Nakagami Kenji and the poetics of outcaste fiction / Eve Zimmerman.
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 290.
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 290.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N895.635/30
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0674026039 (hbk.) :
9780674026032 (hbk.) :
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895.635
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991023743759702626
