Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene

Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene

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The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism.

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Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene

-- Los Angeles Times
The publication of Dawn to the West.. will do even more to establish modern Japanese literature as one of the major literatures of the world. New York Times Book Review
Hailed in the New York Times Book Review as "the century's leading expert on Japanese literature, as well as its most indefatigable translator," Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of over thirty books of criticism and works of literature, including No and Bunraku, Twenty Plays of the No Theater, Major Plays of Chikamatsu, The Pleasures of Japanese Literature, Three Plays by Kobo Abe, Modern Japanese Diaries, Essays in Idleness, andTravelers of a Hundred Ages (all published by Columbia).
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ISBN 13 9780231114394
ISBN 10 0231114397
Title Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature
Author Donald Keene
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Columbia University Press
Year published 1999-04-27
Number of pages 698
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