{"product_id":"supernatural-japan-1","title":"Supernatural Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupernatural Japan\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939) in the formation of modern literature of the fantastic in Japan as a global literary genre. Kyōka wrote some of the most famous stories of ghosts, monsters, and the supernatural in modern Japanese literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Man of Mt. Kōya\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Castle Tower\u003c\/i\u003e. Despite the clearly modernist elements and global influences of Kyōka’s fiction, his work has often been characterized as relying on traditional Japanese genres as inspiration for its themes and literary form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pedro Bassoe considers how Kyōka’s stories have been produced by a meeting of global influences—including Apuleius, \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Prosper Mérimée, Guy de Maupassant, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Jules Verne—combined with traditional Japanese genres. Bassoe develops the notion of “the scholarly fantastic” to describe how a set of realistic epistemologies reinforce the fantastic in Kyōka’s writings. \u003ci\u003eSupernatural Japan \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an up-to-date introduction to Izumi Kyōka and his writing for students, scholars, or fans of Japanese fantasy literature and media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56191931482456,"sku":"9780472057993","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780472057993.jpg?v=1778760022","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/supernatural-japan-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}