The Kiso Road : : The Life and Times of Shimazaki Toson /

The Kiso Road : : The Life and Times of Shimazaki Toson / / William E. Naff; ed. by J. Thomas Rimer.

William E. Naff, the distinguished scholar of Japanese literature widely known and highly regarded for his eloquent translations of the writings of Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943), spent the last years of his life writing a full-length biography of Toson. Virtually completed at the time of his death, Th...

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VerfasserIn:
Naff, William E.,
HerausgeberIn:
Rimer, J. Thomas,
MitwirkendeR:
Tōson, William E. Naff 's,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (800 p.) :; 1 b&w image
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editor's Note
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Meiji Literary Scene
  • 1. Home and Family: Before 1872
  • 2. Childhood and Education: 1872-1892
  • 3. A Shaky Start: 1892-1893
  • 4. A Poet's Apprenticeship: 1893 -1896
  • 5. Escape to Sendai: 1896 -1898
  • 6. To Komoro: 1899 -1900
  • 7. From Poetry to Fiction: 1900 -1904
  • 8. Personal Catastrophe, Public Triumph: 1905 -1907
  • 9. A Bleak Spring and a Harsh Summer: 1907-1913
  • 10. The French Years: 1913 -1916
  • 11. A New Life: 1916 -1923
  • 12. The Opening of The Last Act: 1923 -1927
  • 13. Before The Dawn : 1927-1935
  • 14. The Final Years: 1936 -1943
  • Notes
  • Index of Important Persons
  • Significant Works of Shimazaki Tōson
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors and Editor

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