A History of Japanese Literature: From the Manyoshu to Modern Times / Edition 1

by Shuichi Kato, Don Sanderson

Overview

A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138174177
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/2015
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Age of the Manyōshū; Chapter 3 The First Turning Point; Chapter 4 The Age of The Tale of Genji and Tales of Now and Then; Chapter 5 The Second Turning Point; Chapter 6 The Age of Nō and Kyōgen; Chapter 7 The Third Turning Point; Chapter 8 The Age of Wit and Learning; Chapter 9 The Fourth Turning Point; Chapter 10 The Age of Meiji; Chapter 11 The Age of Industrialization; Chapter 12 The Postwar Years;