What is "literature?" The answer to this question may seem
self-evident to us now. However, the production of literature as a
category was in fact a very complex historical process that engaged
with varying forces of modernity. "Concealment of Politics,
Politics of Concealment" illuminates the large picture of
intellectual, political, and literary culture of 1880s Japan and
offers a paradigm-shattering discussion of the creation of
literature as a cultural category. Literature emerged out of
ongoing negotiations with modernizing and globalizing impulses that
governed Meiji Japan (18681;1912). This complex process is too
often concealed by literary studies that assume that Japanese
literary modernity began with Tsubouchi Shoyo's "The Essence of the
Novel" (1885-6). This view has long confined the discussion of
literature to very narrow terms. By recasting the Shoyo's work in
the political and intellectual domains, "Concealment of Politics,
Politics of Concealment" not only explores the interaction of
different discourses in 1880s Japan but offers a rigorous critique
of our own approaches to the history of modern Japanese literature.
General
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2007 |
| First published: |
November 2007 |
| Authors: |
Atsuko Ueda
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-5778-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-8047-5778-X |
| Barcode: |
9780804757782 |
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