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The Alien Within: Representations of the Exotic in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature
Professor Of Japanese And Former Head Of The Department Of Modern Languages Leith Morton
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Hardcover. Examines the Gothic, a form of writing with strong affinities to European Gothic. This book discusses the translations of Tsubouchi Shoyo, Japan's early translator of Shakespeare, and how this most alien and exotic author was absorbed into the Japanese literary and theatrical tradition. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
The Alien Within is the first book-length thematic study in English of the alien in modern Japanese literature and helps shed new light on a number of important authors. Leith Morton examines the Gothic, a form of writing with strong affinities to European Gothic and a motif in the fiction of several key modern Japanese writers, such as Arishima Takeo. Morton also discusses the translations of Tsubouchi Shoyo, Japan's most famous early translator of Shakespeare, and how this most alien and exotic author was absorbed into the Japanese literary and theatrical tradition. The new field of translation theory and how ... Read more
The Alien Within is the first book-length thematic study in English of the alien in modern Japanese literature and helps shed new light on a number of important authors. Leith Morton examines the Gothic, a form of writing with strong affinities to European Gothic and a motif in the fiction of several key modern Japanese writers, such as Arishima Takeo. Morton also discusses the translations of Tsubouchi Shoyo, Japan's most famous early translator of Shakespeare, and how this most alien and exotic author was absorbed into the Japanese literary and theatrical tradition. The new field of translation theory and how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Hawaii
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824832926
SKU
V9780824832926
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About Professor Of Japanese And Former Head Of The Department Of Modern Languages Leith Morton
Leith Morton is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
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