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The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction (Studies of the East Asian Institute)
The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction - Studies of the East Asian Institute Author:Dennis C. Washburn This book looks at modernity in Japanese literary culture as a continuing historical dynamic rather than as merely the product of the intense Westernization of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Comparing readings from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, Washburn argues that modernity in Japan can be understood in terms of cultur... more »al conflict-not only Japan versus the West but also Japan`s present versus its past.« less