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Japanese Women Fiction Writers
Carol Fairbanks
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Description for Japanese Women Fiction Writers
Hardback. This study provides annotations for 300 translated works of fiction by 97 Japanese women writers from the 1890s through the 1990s. It also includes over 600 annotations of articles, books and reviews that cover biographical and critical materials. Num Pages: 670 pages, bibliography, index, chronology, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
Japanese fiction is just now getting the attention it deserves in the English-speaking world. This study, a rich history of the evolving role of women fiction writers in Japanese, provides annotations for 300 translated works of fiction by 97 Japanese women writers from the 1890s through the 1990s. More than 600 annotations of articles, books, and reviews chronicle women writers in Japanese society, while bibliographical sources provide coverage of their lives with an immediacy not possible in general sources. An informative time line covers the key historical, political and economic events, as well as the people that shaped the contours ... Read more
Japanese fiction is just now getting the attention it deserves in the English-speaking world. This study, a rich history of the evolving role of women fiction writers in Japanese, provides annotations for 300 translated works of fiction by 97 Japanese women writers from the 1890s through the 1990s. More than 600 annotations of articles, books, and reviews chronicle women writers in Japanese society, while bibliographical sources provide coverage of their lives with an immediacy not possible in general sources. An informative time line covers the key historical, political and economic events, as well as the people that shaped the contours ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
670
Condition
New
Number of Pages
670
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840867
SKU
V9780810840867
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99-15
About Carol Fairbanks
Carol Fairbanks, Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is the author of nine books and numerous articles.
Reviews for Japanese Women Fiction Writers
...an important addition to the resources available for the study of women's writing in Japan.
World Literature Today
Fairbanks's volume is astonishingly thorough and detailed and replete with touches that make it an outstanding reference work...this work will be a major asset to scholars and readers seeking entrée into the world of Japanese women writers.
Feminist Collections: ... Read more
World Literature Today
Fairbanks's volume is astonishingly thorough and detailed and replete with touches that make it an outstanding reference work...this work will be a major asset to scholars and readers seeking entrée into the world of Japanese women writers.
Feminist Collections: ... Read more