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Wandering Heart

The Work and Method of Hayashi Fumiko

By: Susanna Fessler

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Wandering Heart

The Work and Method of Hayashi Fumiko

By: Susanna Fessler

Despite being one of the most popular writers of her day, Hayashi Fumiko (1903–1951) has remained virtually unknown outside of Japan. Describing her life and literature, author Susanna Fessler weaves together major events in Fumiko's life and the effect they had on her writing by using a thematical narrative including translations of key passages, critical commentary, and full translations of three essays (My Horizon, Literature, Travel, Etc., and My Work). Particular focus is given to Fumiko's imagery, the centrality of longing and loneliness in her writing, the influence of travel on her life and work, the non-political nature of her narratives, and the importance of free will in her world view

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State University of New York Press

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Musashino in Tuscany

Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860–1912

By: Susanna Fessler

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Musashino in Tuscany

Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860–1912

By: Susanna Fessler

By the late Meiji period Japanese were venturing abroad in great numbers, and some of those who traveled kept diaries and wrote formal travelogues. These travelogues reflected a changing view of the West and changing artistic sensibilities in the long-standing Japanese literary tradition of travel writing (kikoōbungaku). This book shows that overseas Meiji-period travel writers struck out to create a dynamic new type of travel literature, one that had a solid foundation in traditional Japanese kikōbungaku yet also displayed influence from the West. Musashino in Tuscany specifically examines the poetic imagery and allusion in these travelogues and reveals that when Japanese traveled to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, the images they wrote about tended to be associated not with places initially discovered by the Japanese traveler but with places that already existed in Western fame and lore. And unlike imagery from Japanese traveling in Japan, which was predominantly nature based, Japanese overseas travel imagery was often associated with the manmade world.

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University of Michigan Press

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Musashino in Tuscany

Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860–1912

By: Susanna Fessler

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Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860–1912

By: Susanna Fessler

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University of Michigan Press

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0472901974

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9780472901975

Wandering Heart

The Work and Method of Hayashi Fumiko

By: Susanna Fessler

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Wandering Heart

The Work and Method of Hayashi Fumiko

By: Susanna Fessler

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228

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State University of New York Press

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1438402708

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9781438402703

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Wandering Heart

Wandering Heart

Musashino in Tuscany

Musashino in Tuscany

Musashino in Tuscany

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