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Anthology of Japanese literature : from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century

This extensive anthology includes excerpts from plays and novels plus stories, fairy tales, and many poems.

Contemporary Japanese literature : an anthology of fiction, film, and other writing since 1945

This anthology contains translations of 22 works that reflect the mixture of modernism and traditionalism that characterized Japanese literature and film between the end of World War II and the mid-1970s.

Early modern Japanese literature : an anthology, 1600-1900

This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works …

Early modern Japanese literature : an anthology, 1600-1900, abridged

This unique anthology is the first representative collection of Japanese literature from one of the most creative periods in Japanese culture, known variously as the Edo or the Tokugawa. It includes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and drama, and also essays, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works …

Inside and other short fiction : Japanese women by Japanese women

Inside and other short fiction showcases the very best of recent writing by Japanese women writers today-including prize-winning novelists and authors never before published in English-as they explore the issue of female identity in a rapidly changing society. Amy Yamada (“Fiesta”), widely published overseas and with many fans among Western …

More stories by Japanese women writers : an anthology

Paulownia : seven stories from contemporary Japanese writers

The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese literature / Vol. 1, From restoration to occupation, 1868-1945.

This anthology collects works of fiction, poetry & drama from a pivotal time in Japanese history & includes translations of texts by Nagai Kafu, Natsume Soseki, and Yasunari Kawabata.

The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese literature / Vol. 2, From 1945 to the present

Portrays changes that have transformed Japanese culture since the end of Pacific War. Beginning with the Allied Occupation in 1945 and concluding with early twenty-first century, this title reflects Japan’s transition from poverty to prosperity, its struggle with conflicting ideologies and political beliefs, and more.

The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Abridged

With 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 abridgement offers a concise yet remarkably rich introduction to the fiction, poetry, drama, and essays that reflect …

The Showa anthology : modern Japanese short stories

Tokyo stories : a literary stroll

This anthology of translated short stories by Japanese writers captures the city of Tokyo throughout most of the 20th century – a period of war, bombing, urbanization and modernization, in short, constant change that has altered and continues to alter the very geography of the city.

Towards A Literature of the Periphery

Traditional Japanese literature : an anthology, beginnings to 1600

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the noted age of aristocratic court life into the period of warrior culture. The anthology contains new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike and generous …

Traditional Japanese literature : an anthology, beginnings to 1600, abridged edition

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the noted age of aristocratic court life into the period of warrior culture. The anthology contains new translations of such canonical texts as The Tales of the Heike and generous …

Unmapped territories : new women’s fiction from Japan

Translation of seven stories by contemporary Japanese women.

Voices of the Pacific : a celebration of diversity : a reader’s guide to writings from Japan, China, Korea, Viet Nam, The Philippines, Pacific Islands