The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction

Dennis C. WashburnYale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300105254

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The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction

Dennis C. WashburnYale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300105258 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300105254 · 1995

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Dennis C. Washburn examines the evolution of modernity within Japanese literary culture, framing it as a persistent historical dynamic rather than a simple byproduct of Westernization. By analyzing key texts from the Meiji period through the mid-twentieth century, the study explores how Japanese writers navigated the tension between traditional aesthetics and the pressures of global modernization.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
1995

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Author: Dennis C. Washburn

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Inferred: Cultural HistoryInferred: Japanese LiteratureInferred: Literary CriticismInferred: Meiji RestorationInferred: ModernismInferred: Criticism

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