Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs...... more

Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs...... more

This collection examines literary criticism in postwar Japan. The contributors analyze the debates t... more

This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. Th... more

This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. Th... more

In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-reads Marx’s version of worl... more

In this major, paradigm-shifting work, Kojin Karatani systematically re-reads Marx’s version of worl... more

English-language study of this phenomenon, Michael K. Bourdaghs considers genres as diverse as boogie-woogie, rockabilly, enka, 1960s...... more

English-language study of this phenomenon, Michael K. Bourdaghs considers genres as diverse as boogie-woogie, rockabilly, enka, 1960s...... more

Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for su... more

The 1970s and 1980s saw a revolution in Japanese literary criticism. A new generation of scholars an... more

twentieth-century Japan. Analyzing Toson’s major works, Michael K. Bourdaghs demonstrates that the construction of national imagination...... more

dynamic as the music heard and performed in it. Contributors. Marié Abe, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Paola Iovene, Nisha Kommattam...... more

dynamic as the music heard and performed in it. Contributors. Marié Abe, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Paola Iovene, Nisha Kommattam...... more

First published in Japan in 1983, this book is now a classic in modern Japanese literary studies. Co... more

This collection examines literary criticism in postwar Japan. The contributors analyze the debates t... more

Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically d... more

Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for su... more

First published in Japan in 1983, this book is now a classic in modern Japanese literary studies. Co... more