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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature

The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvNanyan Guo

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This book examines the literature of Shiga Naoya, who is highly regarded in modern Japan for his unique style and methods of describing his personal experiences and emotions. Contributing new findings to the field of scholarship on Shiga, this study focuses in particular on Shiga’s nature-inspired writings and discusses how he created some vivid images of nature that became famous and still linger in Japanese people’s minds. Shiga’s remarkable sensitivity toward nature and the influences he received from earlier writers in Japan and abroad is examined. The complexity and depth of his understanding of nature is further revealed in his fascination with the supernatural, which also contributed to the creation of his literary style.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-23
Mått151 x 227 x 16 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAsiaWorld
Antal sidor220
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739181034

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IntroductionChapter 1: The Nurturing of Shiga’s Feelings for NatureChapter 2: The Moon: Early Encounters with NatureChapter 3: The Sun: In Pursuit of a Religiosity of Art Chapter 4: Nature Destroyed: The Ashio Copper Mine PollutionIncidentChapter 5: Plants: The Essence of NatureChapter 6: Living Creatures: Mirrors of Human NatureChapter 7: The Supernatural and NatureChapter 8: Dreams: Nature InternalizedChapter 9: Lafcadio Hearn’s Influence on Shiga’s Literary StyleConclusion: Nature-Inspired Art and Artistic NatureAppendix 1: Chronology of Shiga Naoya’s Life and ArtAppendix 2: Map with Important Places in Shiga’s Literature