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Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature
The Life and Art of Shiga Naoya
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2014
Summary
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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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8102-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8104-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
206
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Contents No access
Note to the Reader No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1 : The Nurturing of Shiga’s Feelings for Nature No access Pages 11 - 26
2 : The Moon No access Pages 27 - 42
3 : The Sun No access Pages 43 - 58
4 : Nature Destroyed No access Pages 59 - 76
5 : Plants No access Pages 77 - 92
6 : Living Creatures No access Pages 93 - 106
7 : The Supernatural and Nature No access Pages 107 - 114
8 : Dreams No access Pages 115 - 130
9 : Lafcadio Hearn’s Influence on Shiga’s Literary Style No access Pages 131 - 148
Conclusion No access Pages 149 - 152
Appendix 1 : Chronology of Shiga Naoya’s Life and Art No access Pages 153 - 160
Appendix 2 : Map of Japan with Places That Figure Importantly in Shiga’s Literature No access Pages 161 - 162
