Rediscovering Lafcadio Hearn / / Sukehiro Hirakawa.

• Superior document: Rediscovering Series ; v.1
• VerfasserIn: Hirakawa, Sukehiro, 1931-
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rediscovering Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) :; illustrations

A discussion of one of the great interpreters of Japan. The Japanese have always revered Hearn and this book shows the West why he is revered. Experts look at his writings and discuss his integrity as an observer and interpreter of Japan and the Japanese.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Rediscovering Lafcadio Hearn; 2. Hearn and Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation; 3. Lafcadio Hearn: Between Britain and Japan; 4. Lafcadio Hearn and the Fin de Siecle; 5. Entering Island Cultures: Synge, Hearn and Irish Exotic; 6. W.B. Yeats and Lafcadio Hearn: Negotiating with Ghosts; 7. Lafcadio Hearn and Ushaw College; 8. Hearn and the Gastronomic Grotesque; 9. Lafcadio Hearn's Youma: Self as Outsider; 10. Travel Sketches of Lafcadio Hearn; 11. Hearn's 'Yuki-Onna' and Baudelaire's 'Les Bienfaits de la Lune'; 12. Lafcadio Hearn: Japan's Problematic Interpreter; 13. The Western Approach to Shinto: Lafcadio Hearn, Bruno Taut and Andre Malraux; 14. Lafcadio Hearn's Interpretation of Japan; Notes and References; List of Contributors; Index.