A History of Japanese Literature
Subtitle: From the Manyoshu to Modern Times
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: June 26, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781873410486
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Collections; Ethnic Studies - General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Japanese; Literary Criticism; Japan; Asian - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Asian - Japanese; Asian; History and criticism; Japanese Literature
First sentence: The literature of Japan has several distinctive features, related to the role of literature in Japanese culture as a whole; the pattern of its historical development; the writing system; the social background; and the underlying Japanese world-view of life, death, religion and philosophy.