Modanizumu : modernist fiction from Japan, 1913-1938 /
Remarkably little has been written on the subject of modernism in Japanese fiction. Until now there has been neither a comprehensive survey of Japanese modernist fiction nor an anthology of translations to provide a systematic introduction. Only recently have the terms "modernism" and &quo...
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Table of Contents:
- Anti-naturalism: illuminating the spectacle. "The bust of the beautiful young Salaino" / Murayama Kaita ; "A shop that sells stars" / Inagaki Taruho ; "Shoes fit for a poet" / Osaki Midori ; Page of madness / Kawabata Yasunari ; Streets of fiendish ghosts / Itô Sei
- Cosmopolitarism and popularization: foreign settings, exotic personae, and the bilingual gloss. A tale of trouble from the Bar Roulette / Tchibana Sotoo ; "The Japan-Germany track competition" / Abe Tomoji ; "A negro in cinema" / Abe Tomoji ; "The two-sen copper coin" / Edogawa Ranpo ; "The Shanghaied man" / Tani Jōji ; "Love after death" / Yumeno Kyūsaku
- Modanizumu as the multiple self: dopplegängers, alter egos, and nonessentialism. "The lemon" / Kajii Motojirō ; "The ascension of K" / Kajii Motojirō ; "Feelings atop a cliff" / Kajii Motojirō ; "The story of R-chan and S" / Inagaki Taruho ; "The man traveling with the brocade portrait" / Edogawa Ranpo
- Modanizumu in politics: diving into actionism. "The caterpillar" / Edogawa Ranpo ; "The censor" / Tanizaki Jun'ichirō ; "Colorful Shinjuku" / Yoshiyuki Eisuke ; "The love of Kishimo" / Okamoto Kanoko ; "Japan's three-penny opera" / Takeda Rintarō ; "Kamagasaki" / Takeda Rintarō ; Diving / Funahashi Seiichi ; "The town of cats" / Hagiwara Sakutarō ; "Mars' song" / Ishikawa Jun.