A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature
A reference guide to Japanese literature in English translation, from the ancient to the modern. The revised edition contains 50 essays on Japanese works in English, with two chapters examining works... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:4770014775
ISBN13:9784770014771
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Kodansha
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.3" x 7.1"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great book to build a reading list
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The book has been indispensible in creating a reading list for Japanese Literature. Where to start in such a foreign genre? Why not a list of classic authors, modern authors and current authors, with recommended translations? The book delivers on it's goal. The only knock - there's a heavy emphasis on poetry, which is not my cup of ocha. But I could spend a dozen years reading the rest of Mr. Rimer's recommendations. No other book like it! Do get the current edition as the state of the art in translations has advanced remarkably since the 1988 original.
INDISPENSIBLE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Afraid to make your first foray into the magical and majestical world of Japanese literature? Then here is a perfect introduction for you. Within this slim volume numerous wonderful recommendations abound, although there is one small oversight -- "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa isn't mentioned. Ah well. Also look into, "The Pleasures of Japanese Literature," by Donald Keene. And for lovers of poetry, I cannot say enough wonderful things about, "The Ink Dark Moon," translated by Jane Hirshfield, and "Modern Japanese Tanka" by Makoto Ueda.
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