A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man'yōshū to Modern TimesA new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature. |
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Contents
Foreword | 11 |
The Age of the Manyoshū | 12 |
The First Turning Point | 41 |
The Age of The Tale of Genji | 57 |
The Second Turning Point | 91 |
The Age of No and Kyogen | 104 |
The Third Turning Point | 128 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man'yōshū to Modern Times Classic paperbacks |
| Author | Shūichi Katō |
| Editor | Don Sanderson |
| Translated by | Don Sanderson |
| Edition | abridged, revised |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1873410484, 9781873410486 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Collections / Asian / General Literary Criticism / Asian / Japanese |
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