Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater

Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 263
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781538124420
ISBN-13 : 1538124424
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater by : J. Scott Miller

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater written by J. Scott Miller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-05 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the political changes that Western trade ushered in were widespread social and cultural changes. Newspapers, novels, poems, and plays from the Western world were soon adapted and translated into Japanese. The combination of the rich storytelling tradition of Japan with the realism and modernism of the West produced some of the greatest literature of the modern age. Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Japanese literature.


Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater Related Books

Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: J. Scott Miller
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dicti
Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: John Scott Miller
Categories: Japan
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature--narrative, poetry, an
Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater
Language: en
Pages: 263
Authors: J. Scott Miller
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-05 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the
Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan
Language: en
Pages: 653
Authors: William D. Hoover
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Japan is a mix of the old and the new, traditional and modern, and old fashion and innovative. It has traveled the road to a modern destination without totally
Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature
Language: en
Pages: 825
Authors: Li-hua Ying
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of