Reflections in a Glass Door : : Memory and Melancholy in the Personal Writings of Natsume Soseki / / Marvin Marcus.
Much has been written about Natsume Soseki (1867–1916), one of Japan’s most celebrated writers. Known primarily for his novels, he also published a large and diverse body of short personal writings (shohin) that have long lived in the shadow of his fictional works. The essays, which appeared in the...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 5 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Glass Doors of Natsume Sōseki
- Chapter 1. London Underground: A Rhetoric of Melancholy
- Chapter 2. Babashita Traces: Memories and the City
- Chapter 3. Shōhin Episodes: In Search of a Meiji Upbringing
- Chapter 4. Burdens of Domesticity: The Writer and His Family
- Chapter 5. Inside Glass Doors: The Writer at His Desk
- Chapter 6. Literary Portraits: Mentors, Protégés, and Eccentrics
- Chapter 7. Zōshigaya and Beyond: Re-membering Sōseki
- Afterword
- A Sōseki Chronology
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index