Inventing the Classics

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Author	: Haruo Shirane
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 333
Release	: 2000
ISBN-10	: 9780804741057
ISBN-13	: 0804741050
Rating	: 4/5 (57 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Inventing the Classics by : Haruo Shirane

Book excerpt: Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence.

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