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Books on: japanese american literature

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The Fantastic in Modern Japanese Literature: The Subversion of Modernity

Book by Susan J. Napier; Routledge, 1996

Subjects:

Fantastic, The, In Literature, Japanese Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Japanese and Latin American literature, then...important element of the Japanese fantastic as well...mirror images abound in Japanese fantasy, inherently...fantasies, a number of Japanese writers, from Izumi...FANTASTIC IN JAPANESE LITERATURE At the same time...between the fantastic literatures of Latin America and...
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Reality and Fiction in Modern Japanese Literature

Book by Noriko Mizuta Lippit; M. E. Sharpe, 1980

Subjects:

Aestheticism (Literature), Autobiographical Fiction, Japanese--History And Criticism, Japanese Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Realism In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...fictional genre in Japanese literature, must be understood...the return to the Japanese heritage of such writers...group Nihon Romanha Japanese Romantic Group , many...development of modern Japanese literature in relation...student in English and American literature at the graduate...
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Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture

Book by J. Thomas Rimer; University of Hawaii Press, 1988

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Art, Japanese--European Influences, Japanese Literature--History And Criticism, Pilgrims And Pilgrimages In Literature, Theater--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...methodologies found in European, Japanese, and American critical theory turn up here...in the field of comparative literature said to me a year or two ago...for the last seventy years." Japanese literary studies have not...
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Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature

Book by The Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai; Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai ( The Society for International Cultural Relations), 1939

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Authors, Japanese, Japanese Literature--History And Criticism, Japanese Literature--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Young People 1933-4 BY YOJIRO ISHIZAKA Shintaro Mazaki was an instructor of Chinese classics and Japanese at a mission school maintained by an American Christian church in Hokkaido. This institution had ample funds, while its principal, Miss Cate...
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Japanese Literature: An Introduction for Western Readers

Book by Donald Keene; Grove Press, 1955

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Japanese Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Western view of literature and abandon the old concept of literature as an instrument...He had heard an American scholar speak in...with merely urging Japanese to abandon their...uncomplex a thing Japanese verse of all sorts...

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Journal Articles on: japanese american literature

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Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance: Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1980-1990

Journal article by Faye Yuan Kleeman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance: Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1980-1990 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Literature, Modernity, and the Practice of Resistance: Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1980...the Practice of Resistance: Japanese and Taiwanese Fiction, 1980...became a mainstay of postwar Japanese fiction, and more than a...
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In the Mirror of the Sun: Reflections on Japanese and American Literature, Bashō to Cage

Journal article by John Cage Memoriam, Ihab Hassan, © Ihab Hassan; World Literature Today, Vol. 69, 1995

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Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in two mirrors, not one: American literature as it "mirrors "--that...expresses--our best selves, and Japanese literature as it "mirrors "--that...with a difference--our own literature. In truth, there are no mirrors...
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Mapping Carnivalistic Discourse in Japanese-American Writing

Journal article by Benzi Zhang; MELUS, Vol. 24, 1999

Subjects:

Asian Americans--Literature, Bakhtin, Mikhail--Influence, Criticism--Technique, Culture--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Japanese Americans--Literature, Mori, Toshio--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Murayama, Milton--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Okada, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Japanese-Americans constant...beyond "American" and "Japanese" boundaries...American literature, to use...Comparative Literature: A Critical...Chinese-American and Japanese-American Literatures." Three...Asian Americans: Comparative...Range of Japanese-American Literature." Three American Literatures. Ed. Houston...
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Internment and Post-War Japanese American Literature: Toward a Theory of Divine Citizenship

Journal article by Jeanne Sokolowski; MELUS, Vol. 34, 2009

Subjects:

Artists--Criticism and interpretation, Citizen 13660 (Autobiography)--Criticism and interpretation, No-No Boy (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Okada, John--Criticism and interpretation, Okubo, Mine--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...female Japanese Americans as tools for...forced Japanese Americans to question...works of Asian American literature, these books...loom large in Japanese American consciousness...to theorize American national identity...and female Japanese Americans reacted differently...internment literature, the term...
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Christopher T. Keaveney. the Subversive Self in Modern Chinese Literature: The Creation Society's Reinvention of the Japanese Shishosetsu

Journal article by Philip F. Williams; China Review International, Vol. 13, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Subversive Self in Modern Chinese Literature: The Creation Society's Reinvention of the Japanese Shishosetsu (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Self in Modern Chinese Literature: The Creation Societys Reinvention of the Japanese Shishosetsu. by Philip...Societys Reinvention of the Japanese Shishosetsu. New York...4039-6466-1. Japanese and Chinese versions...China, their North American counterparts in modern...

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Magazine Articles on: japanese american literature

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Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress

Magazine article by Donald Teruo Hata; California History, Vol. 86, Winter 2008

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...narratives of Nikkei (Japanese American) history...the influence of the Japanese American Citizens League...the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (2000...of the voluminous literature on this subject could...
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Viscountess Eccles: An Anglo-American Patroness of Literature

Magazine article by Philip John Davis; Contemporary Review, Vol. 284, January 2004

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Authors and patrons--History, Eccles, Mary Hyde--Appreciation, Literary patronage--History

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Viscountess Eccles: An Anglo-American Patroness of Literature. by Philip John Davis MARY...activities of the Eccles Centre for American Studies, which she and her...prevented by denial of the Japanese export licence, and once when...
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A Reader's Manifesto - an Attack on the Growing Pretentiousness of American Literary Prose

Magazine article by B. R. Myers; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, July 2001

Subjects:

American literature--Analysis, Literary form--Analysis, Literary forms--Analysis, Literary prizes--Analysis, Literature--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...perfectly happy with literature written before...in a modern American who goes into...history of the American novel. Time...comment on the literature of shuffles...1794) is. Americans should also...classics of Japanese fiction, is...first foray into literature shouldnt have...
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Gregory Rabassa: Words of Instinct: This Veteran Translator of the Most Celebrated Latin American Authors Continues to Open Fresh Perspectives on Contemporary Works

Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 57, September 2005

Subjects:

Latin American literature--Translations and translating, Rabassa, Gregory--Biography, Rabassa, Gregory--Works, Translators (Persons)--Biography, Translators (Persons)--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Translator of the Most Celebrated Latin American Authors Continues to Open Fresh Perspectives...Marquez to call him "the best Latin American writer in the English language." He...Philippines. The Spanish brought it, and the American tropics picked up on it. What it has...
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Louisville Sizzles

Magazine article by Michele Pearce; American Theatre, Vol. 11, July 1994

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Drama--Fairs, festivals, etc., Humana Festival of New American Plays--1994, Sexuality in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Pearce At this years Humana Festival, American playwrights had one thing on their minds...well--so critical to this crop of American playwrights? Is it the national obsession...language and stereotypes in the African-American war between the sexes. In simultaneous...

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Newspaper Articles on: japanese american literature

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Far East Meets the Heartland at Japanese Festival in St. Louis

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 5, 2007

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Festivals--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the geisha from an American woman who knows it firsthand...candlelight walks through the Japanese Garden and an anime...the marketplace for Japanese souvenirs and the food...also known as the Japanese bellflower, the botanical...instruments, dance, poetry, literature, the art of the tea...
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A NEW CHAPTER FOR Amerie; Strong, Smart, Wholesome - and with a Deep Love of Literature - Amerie Is Not Your Average R&B Diva. and with Her Third Album Promising to Be 'Pure, Unexpurgated Me' She Looks Set for Superstardom, Reports Stuart Husband Photographs Amanda Bruns

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 15, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...with a Deep Love of Literature - Amerie Is Not Your...bag, but her love of literature is not the only thing...result of her African-American/Korean parentage...American/German, Japanese/American. So really...has book club. To a literature-loving diva, thats...
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Insights into Literature, across Nations and Languages

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 15, 2007

Subjects:

Kundera, Milan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Insights into Literature, across Nations and...influential works of literature. Mr. Kundera writes...chooses to examine. Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oes...throughout the story, the Japanese passengers were facing American soldiers! The powerful...
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Establishing Warrior Codes; How American Martial Values Are Shaped

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 20, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...warrior codes; How American martial values...WASHINGTON TIMES We Americans have just witnessed...warriors (given past American wars) from all...mythology, Native American anthropology...martial artists) literature, Japanese Samurai history...Perhaps most Americans would accept this...
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French Author Wins Nobel in Literature

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 10, 2008

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News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Author Wins Nobel in Literature. Byline: Associated...the jury was anti-American. French President...Nice, a nomad of the American and African deserts...He also singled out American writer Philip Roth...expression. Since Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe...mythologies of Native Americans. The academy said...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: japanese american literature

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Children's Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tradition in childrens literature, as in Allen Says...the Japanese-American immigrant experience...distinguished work of literature for children...first time to an American, Maurice Sendak...Believe: Tracing the Literature of Imagination...the Shaping of American Childrens Literature...
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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...significant influence that Chinese culture wielded on the formation of Japanese civilization (see Japanese architecture ; Japanese art ; Japanese literature ). Economy Japans farming population has been declining steadily and was less than 5% of the...
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World War II

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was followed by the American invasion of Algeria (Nov. 8, 1942); the Americans and British were joined...is a vast amount of literature on World War II, particularly...the Rising Sun: The Japanese-American War, 1941 1943 (2004...Our Mothers War: American Women at Home and at...
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Motion Pictures

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Don Bluth, who produced An American Tail and The Land before Time...date wit. Late 20th-century Japanese animation, much of it computer...21st cent. some 60 percent of Japanese films and many television programs...usually represents a fusion of Japanese pictorial tradition, particularly...
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Greene, Evarts Boutell

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...bootel , 1870 1947, American historian, b. Kobe...He began teaching American history (1894) at...college of arts and literature. Called to Columbia...Columbias Institute of Japanese Studies. Greene was...Revolutionary periods of American history. His principal...

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