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The Uses of Memory

The Critique of Modernity in the Fiction of Higuchi Ichiyō

The Uses of Memory( )
Author: Van Compernolle, Timothy J.
Series title:Harvard East Asian Monographs
ISBN:978-0-674-02272-0
Publication Date:Sep 2006
Publisher:Harvard University, Asia Center
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $70.95
Book Description:

The writer Higuchi Ichiyō (1872-1896) has been described as a consummate stylist of classical prose. Timothy Van Compernolle investigates the social dimensions of Ichiyo's imagination and argues that she reworked the Japanese literary tradition in order to understand and critique the emerging modernity of the Meiji period.

Book Details
Pages:250
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.558 x 23.495 x 2.54 cm
Book Weight:0.568 Kilograms



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