An Invitation to Japan's literature / published by Japan Culture Institute ; [Thomas J. Harper ... et al.].

Introduction: An Invitation to Japan's Literature

Thomas J. Harper (U.S.A.; Yale Univ.) – A Brief History of Japan's Literature /

Murakami Hyöye (Japan Culture Institute) – Essays:

Kojiki: Literature as a Political Prop / Donald L. Philippi (U.S.A.; Ethnologist)...--

Mannyôshú: Poems from All Walks of Life of Early Japan / Wolfram Naumann (W. Germany; München Univ.) – Sango Shiiki: A Long Path to Human Freedom / Allan G. Grapard (France; Tenri Univ.-Nara) – Taketori Monogatari: The Supernatural in Legend and Literature / Jacques Pezeu (France; Geographer) – Makura no Sóshi: Sei Shônagon and her / Pillow Book; Ivan Morris (U.K.; Columbia Univ.) – Genji Monogatari: How Many People Wrote the Tale of Genji? / Edward G. Seidensticker (U.S.A.; Michigan Univ.) – Konjaku Monogatari: Folk Tales with Emotional Realism / Douglas E. Mills (U.K.; Cambridge Univ.) – Heike Monogatari: History or Literature? / Jean-René Cholley (France; Aichi Univ.-Nagoya) – Tannisho: Salvation in the Latter Days of the Law / Jean-Noel Robert (France; Maison Franco Japonaise). – Tsurezuregusa: The Origins of Japanese Aesthetics / William Currie (U.S.A.: Sophia Univ.-Tokyo) – Soga Monogatari: Heroes and Villains /Thomas J. Cogan (U.S.A.: Hawaii Univ.) – Ze'ami: An Ageless Theatrical Superstar / Don Kenny (U.S.A.: Drama Critic) – Tauye Zoshi: Poetry as Magic / Frank P. Hoff (U.S.A.: Toronto Univ.) – Thara Saikaku: The Spirit of the Japanese Renaissance / Natalia Ivanenko (U.S.S.R.; Moscow Univ.) – Matsuo Bashó: The Rejection and Influence of Chinese Culture / Chen Shun-chen (China; Novelist). – Chikamatsu Monzayemon: Japan's First Professional Dramatist /
Donald Keene (U.S.A.; Columbia Univ.) – Yosa Buson: Great Teacher and Reformer of Haiku / Leon M. Zolbrod (Canada; B. C.) – Uyeda Akinari: The Art of the Ghost Story Univ. /
Anthony H. Chambers (U.S.A.; Arizona Univ.) – Higuchi Ichiyó: Nameless and Faceless Women / Margaret Yamashita (U.S.A.; Japanologist) – Masaoka Shiki: The First Modern Haiku Poet / Janine Beichman (U.S.A.; Sophia Univ.-Tokyo) – Mori Ôgai: The Sordid and the Beautiful / Sanford Goldstein (U.S.A.; Purdue Univ.) – Natsume Sóseki: Spiritual Anguish in an Age of Modernization / Maria Flutsch (Australia; Japanologist).-- Shimazaki Tôson: Before and After the Black Ships / Lawrence Redman (U.K.; Teacher) - Ishikawa Takuboku: Poetry: A Writer's "Sad Toys" / Ruth Linhart (Austria; Japanologist) – Nishida Kitaro: A Metaphysical Philosophy of Life / Richard Wood (U.S.A.; Earlham Univ.) — Nagai Kafû: The Death of the Arts of Edo / Donald Richie (U.S.A.; Cinema Critic) – Tanizaki Jun'ichiro: The Aesthetics of Daily Life in Japan / Norman H. Tolman (U.S.A.; Art Critic) – Akutagawa Ryunosuke: Perfection in Form and Style / Beverley D. Tucker (U.S.A.; Doshisha Univ.-Kyoto) / Tokuda Shûsei: A Novelist with No Secrets / Robert Rolf (U.S.A.; Duke Univ.) – Shiga Naoya: God of the Written Word / André Brunet (France; French Embassy in Tokyo) – Kawabata Yasunari: The Mystery of Japanese Space / Philippe Robert (France, Architectural Sociologist)-- Watsuji Tetsuro: Climate, Culture, and Human Nature /
Juan Masia (Spain; Japanologist) – Dazai Osamu: The Disintegration of Personality in Modern Man / Čiháková Vlasta (Czech.; Art Critic) – Ibuse Masuji: In Search of the Wellsprings of Language and Imagination / Anthony V. Liman (Canada; TorontoUniv.)....--- . Ooka Shohei: The Experience of War in Literature Jean Esmein (France; Banker) — Mishima Yukio: On Translating Textures / Meredith Weatherby (U.S.A.; Publisher) — Abe Kóbó: The "International Style" in Japanese Literature / Andrew Horvat (Canada; Journalist) — Endó Shusaku: Depicting the Foreigner as a Human Being /Paul C. Blum (U.S.A.; Journalist) — Yoshiyuki Junnosuke: An Intellectual Curiosity About Women / David Tharp (U.K.; Journalist) — Kaikó Takeshi: The Long Way Home / Mikolaj Melanowicz (Poland; Warsaw Univ.) – Bibliography: Japan's Literature in English Translations

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