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6%OFFHideo Kobayashi - Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo—Literary Criticism, 1924-1939 - 9780804741156 - V9780804741156
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Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo—Literary Criticism, 1924-1939

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Description for Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo—Literary Criticism, 1924-1939 Paperback. A collection of the most significant and enduring works of the most important Japanese literary critic of the 20th century. The selections reflect the wide range of Kobayashi's early work, from meditations on the nature of literature and of criticism to studies of individual Japanese and Western writers. Editor(s): Anderer, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.

Kobayashi Hideo (1902-83) was the most important Japanese literary critic of the twentieth century, as crucial a presence in his own literary culture as Edmund Wilson, Walter Benjamin, and Roland Barthes were in theirs.

It is not too much to say that modern literary criticism in Japan begins with Kobayashi. Echoes of his judgments and values are everywhere present in modern Japanese literary discourse. Indeed, his impact on later criticism is such that writing about Kobayashi has become something of a rite of passage for Japanese critics aspiring to literary leadership. This book is a collection of the most significant ... Read more

Reviews

"Anderer has now given readers of English the opportunity to form their own conclusions [about Kobayashi]. This is no mean feat, as anyone who has dipped into the original texts knows, and for it he deserves much gratitude. . . . Given the difficulties of Kobayashi's style . . . translation is a paramount issue. Anderer has risen to the occasion admirably."

Monumenta Nipponica

"By making these widely read and often quoted essays available in English, Anderer has provided a valuable service."

Japan Quarterly

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804741156
SKU
V9780804741156
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About Hideo Kobayashi
Paul Anderer is Professor of Japanese and Chairman of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Reviews for Literature of the Lost Home: Kobayashi Hideo—Literary Criticism, 1924-1939
"Anderer has now given readers of English the opportunity to form their own conclusions [about Kobayashi, Japan's preeminent literary critic]. This is no mean feat . . . and for it he deserves much gratitude. . . . Given the difficulties of Kobayashi's style . . . translation is a paramount issue. Anderer has risen to the occasion admirably."—Monumenta Nipponica ... Read more

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