Topographies of Japanese Modernism

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Far Eastern, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Topographies of Japanese Modernism by Seiji Lippit, Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Seiji Lippit ISBN: 9780231500685
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: April 1, 2002
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Seiji Lippit
ISBN: 9780231500685
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: April 1, 2002
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

What happens when a critique of modernity—a "revolt against the traditions of the Western world"—is situated within a non-European context, where the concept of the modern has been inevitably tied to the image of the West?

Seiji M. Lippit offers the first comprehensive study in English of Japanese modernist fiction of the 1920s and 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement— Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi—Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism.

The 1920s and 1930s witnessed a general sense of crisis surrounding the institution of literature, marked by both the radical politicization of literary practice and the explosion of new forms of cultural production represented by mass culture. Against this backdrop, this study traces the heterogeneous literary topographies of modernist writings. Through an engagement with questions of representation, subjectivity, and ideology, it situates the disintegration of literary form in these texts within the writers' exploration of the fluid borderlines of Japanese modernity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

What happens when a critique of modernity—a "revolt against the traditions of the Western world"—is situated within a non-European context, where the concept of the modern has been inevitably tied to the image of the West?

Seiji M. Lippit offers the first comprehensive study in English of Japanese modernist fiction of the 1920s and 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement— Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi—Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism.

The 1920s and 1930s witnessed a general sense of crisis surrounding the institution of literature, marked by both the radical politicization of literary practice and the explosion of new forms of cultural production represented by mass culture. Against this backdrop, this study traces the heterogeneous literary topographies of modernist writings. Through an engagement with questions of representation, subjectivity, and ideology, it situates the disintegration of literary form in these texts within the writers' exploration of the fluid borderlines of Japanese modernity.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book Joothan by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book The Shape of the World to Come by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book On Becoming a Rock Musician by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book After Christianity by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Danger: Diabolik by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book An Ethics for Today by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Global Markets, Domestic Institutions by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Hollywood's Censor by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book The Death of Philosophy by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book The Wise Advocate by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Reshaping Theory in Contemporary Social Work by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book From Financial Crisis to Global Recovery by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Realizing Awakened Consciousness by Seiji Lippit
Cover of the book Between a Man and a Woman? by Seiji Lippit
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy