A Fantastic Journey - The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn (Hardcover)

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) has long been marginalized as a failed Victorian Romantic whose writings on Japan were poetic but inconsequential; as a person, he has been portrayed as a one-dimensional neurotic. In this study, based on hitherto unpublished sources, and offering a fresh reading of Hearn's writings, Paul Murray reveals a multi-faceted character of considerable depth, intelligence and literary skill. This book, therefore, is of interest at various levels. The story of Hearn's life in itself makes fascinating reading: his fantastic journey took him from conception outside marriage on a Greek island to a privileged upbringing in Dublin; from a Gothic education in England to Cincinnati in the United States where, as Paddy Hearn, he established himself as a journalist of the macabre par excellence. In New Orleans in the 1860s, he transformed himself into Lafcadio Hearn, Litterateur and man of the South. Finally, after two years in the West Indies, he spent the last 14 years of his life in Japan, arriving in Yokohama in 1890. Although he always had an ambiguous relationship with his adopted country, Hearn gave the world some of the most valuable and enduring insights into Japa

General

Imprint:	RoutledgeCurzon
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Paul Murray
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-1-873410-23-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-873410-23-9
Barcode:	9781873410233

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