A01=Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Author_Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
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Product details
- ISBN 9780674773196
- Weight: 721g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 1996
- Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit brings a sophisticated and graceful method of analysis to this English translation of her book on the shishōsetsu, one of the most important yet misunderstood genres in Japanese literature. Thorough and insightful, this study of the Japanese version of the I-novel provides a means of researching and interpreting the tradition of the genre, linking it to forms of autobiographical fiction as well as to cultural assumptions of the classical period of Japanese history. Hijiya-Kirschnereit provides a model of systematic inquiry into literary traditions that will stimulate American and English Japanologists, providing a much-needed bridge between German Japanologists and the rest of the field.
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit is Professor of Japanese Literature at Freie Universität Berlin.
