The Chrysantheme Papers: The Pink Notebook of Madame Chrysantheme and Other Documents of French Japonisme
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Pierre Loti's novel Madame Chrysanth?me (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime, served as a source of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, and remains in print to this day as a classic in Western literature. Loti's story, cast in the form of his fictionalized diary, describes the affair between a French naval officer and Chrysanth?me, a temporary "bride" purchased in Nagasaki. More broadly, Loti's novel helped define the terms...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824834372
ISBN13:9780824834371
Release Date:February 2010
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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