| Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology of His Writings on the Country and It's People Contributor(s): Hearn, Lafcadio (Author), Richie, Donald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 4805308737 ISBN-13: 9784805308738 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Over one hundred years after his death, author, translator and educator Lafcadio Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. His prolific writings on things Japanese helped shape Western views on Japan well into the 20th century. This masterful anthology compiled by Donald Richie is organized into two parts. Part One, "The Land," chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his new home. Part Two, "The People," records the author's later years when he came to terms with the Japanese themselves. It features a number of neglected personal sketches as well as that finest and most human of ghost stories, A Passional Karma.In this anthology, Richie, more gifted in capturing the essence of a person on the page than any other foreign writer living in Japan, has picked out the best of Hearn's evocations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Asian - Japanese - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 952.031 |
| Series: Tuttle Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of writings from Lafcadio Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcadio Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese--to think with their thoughts was his aim--his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West. In this masterful anthology, Donald Richie shows that Hearn was first and foremost a reliable and enthusiastic observer, who faithfully recorded a detailed account of the people, customs, and culture of late nineteen-century Japan. Opening and closing with excerpts from Hearn's final books, Richie's astute selection from among over 4,000 printed pages not including correspondence and other writing, also reveals Hearn's later, more sober and reflective attitudes to the things that he observed and wrote about. Part One, The Land, chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his adopted home. Part Two, The People, records the author's later years when he came to terms with the Japanese themselves. In this anthology, Richie, more gifted in capturing the essence of a person on the page than any other foreign writer living in Japan, has picked out the best of Hearn's evocations. Select writings include:
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