| Accomplices of Silence: The Modern Japanese Novel Volume 16 Contributor(s): Miyoshi, Masao (Author) |
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ISBN: 0939512769 ISBN-13: 9780939512768 Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies OUR PRICE: $15.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 895.634 |
| LCCN: 96042106 |
| Series: Professional Growth Series |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Japanese novel, lately so widely translated, is finding a broader and better informed readership than ever before. Until now, however, no comprehensive critical discussion of the form has been available in a Western language. Masao Miyoshi offers an intensive reading of several outstanding novels of the past hundred years. He explains that the Japanese novel, usually regarded as basically Western in style, retains native elements that utterly resist Western influence. Citing Western, especially English, novels for comparison, he demonstrates how the Japanese novel differs in important formal aspects. |