The Youth of Things: Life and Death in the Age of Kajii Motojiro
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When he died from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, Kajii Motojirō had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life and work, it is argued here, sheds light on a significant moment in Japanese history and, ultimately, adds to our understanding of how modern Japanese identity developed. By the time Kajii began to write in the mid-1920s there was heated debate among his peers over "legitimate" forms of literary expression: Japanese Romantics...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824867688
ISBN13:9780824867683
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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