Title: Translating Mount Fuji
First published: 2007
Description: "Dennis Washburn traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of six major authors: Ueda Akinari, Natsume Soseki, Mori Ogai, Yokomitsu Riichi, Ooka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. By focusing on certain interconnected themes, Washburn illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia." "A unique combination of intellectual history and critical literary analysis, Translating Mount Fuji recounts the evolution of a conflict that inspired remarkable literary experimentation and achievement."--BOOK JACKET
Subjects: Japanese fiction, History and criticism, Nationalism and literature, National characteristics in literature, Japanese fiction, history and criticism
Places: Japan
Time periods: Edo period, 1600-1868, 1868-
LC classification: PL747.57.N287 W37 2007