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WESTERN WRITERS IN JAPAN
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| By: |
Sumie Okada, John Bayley (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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£116.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333721748 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333721742 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
25 November, 1998 |
| Pages: |
185 |
| Description: |
This text relates the experiences of a range of Western writers who went to Japan as teachers and lecturers, covering a period of over 100 years. It includes a discussion of East/West cultural differences. |
| Synopsis: |
This text relates the experiences of a range of Western writers who went to Japan as teachers and lecturers, covering a period of over 100 years. It discusses East/West cultural differences, Western "individualism" encountering Japanese "formal" society, and also draws on the author's interviews with many of the writers featured. It includes some hitherto unpublished correspondence, as well as comments on their published works. The book is aimed at departments of literature (courses in twentieth-century literature); cultural studies; Japanese studies. |
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biography |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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