'Madame Butterfly' and 'a Japanese Nightingale': Two Orientalist Texts

by John Luther Long and Maureen Honey

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Madame Butterfly (1898) and A Japanese Nightingale (1901) both appeared at the height of American fascination with Japanese culture. These two novellas are paired here together for the first time to show how they defined and redefined contemporary misconceptions of the "Orient." This is the first reprinting of A Japanese Nightingale since its 1901 appearance, when it propelled Winnifred Eaton (using the pseudonym Onoto Watanna) to fame. John Luther...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813530636

ISBN13:9780813530635

Release Date:July 2002

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.68 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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