Although the two representations of Paekche history differ markedly the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth century and the twenty first century historian is essentially the same, fashioning a responsible and reasonably coherent history of the kin
Although the two representations of Paekche history differ markedly the underlying problem faced by both the twelfth century and the twenty first cent...
By examining the obscured histories of publication, circulation, and reception of literary works from late Edo to the early Meiji period in Japan, this book traces a genealogy of the literary field across a long 19th Century: one that stresses continuities
By examining the obscured histories of publication, circulation, and reception of literary works from late Edo to the early Meiji period in Japan, thi...
The pioneering writer, Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896) has been described as "the last woman of old Japan," a consummate stylist of classical prose, whose command of the linguistic and rhetorical riches of the pre-modern tradition might suggest that her writings are relics of the past with no concern for the problems of modern life. Timothy Van Compernolle investigates the social dimensions of Ichiyo's artistic imagination and argues that she creatively reworked the Japanese literary tradition in order to understand, confront, and critique the emerging modernity of the Meiji period. For Ichiyo,...
The pioneering writer, Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896) has been described as "the last woman of old Japan," a consummate stylist of classical prose, whose ...
