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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya
This book examines the literature of Shiga Naoya, who is highly regarded in modern Japan for his unique style and methods of describing his personal experiences and emotions. Contributing new findings to the field of scholarship on Shiga, this study focuses in particular on Shiga’s nature-inspired writings and discusses how he created some vivid images of nature that became famous and still linger in Japanese people’s minds. Shiga’s remarkable sensitivity toward nature and the influences he received from earlier writers in Japan and abroad is examined. The complexity and depth of his understanding of nature is further revealed in his fascination with the supernatural, which also contributed to the creation of his literary style.
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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya
This book examines the literature of Shiga Naoya, who is highly regarded in modern Japan for his unique style and methods of describing his personal experiences and emotions. Contributing new findings to the field of scholarship on Shiga, this study focuses in particular on Shiga’s nature-inspired writings and discusses how he created some vivid images of nature that became famous and still linger in Japanese people’s minds. Shiga’s remarkable sensitivity toward nature and the influences he received from earlier writers in Japan and abroad is examined. The complexity and depth of his understanding of nature is further revealed in his fascination with the supernatural, which also contributed to the creation of his literary style.
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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya

Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya

by Nanyan Guo
Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya
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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya

Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature: The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya

by Nanyan Guo

Overview

This book examines the literature of Shiga Naoya, who is highly regarded in modern Japan for his unique style and methods of describing his personal experiences and emotions. Contributing new findings to the field of scholarship on Shiga, this study focuses in particular on Shiga’s nature-inspired writings and discusses how he created some vivid images of nature that became famous and still linger in Japanese people’s minds. Shiga’s remarkable sensitivity toward nature and the influences he received from earlier writers in Japan and abroad is examined. The complexity and depth of his understanding of nature is further revealed in his fascination with the supernatural, which also contributed to the creation of his literary style.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739181041
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 01/23/2014
Series: AsiaWorld
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 216
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Nanyan Guois associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan. She has published eight books including, Japan’s Wartime Medical Atrocities (2010), and Tsugaru: Regional Identity on Japan’s Northern Periphery.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Nurturing of Shiga’s Feelings for Nature
Chapter 2: The Moon: Early Encounters with Nature
Chapter 5: Plants: The Essence of Nature

Conclusion: Nature-Inspired Art and Artistic Nature

Appendix 2: Map with Important Places in Shiga’s Literature
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Japanese Literature - Literary Criticism

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