A new simplified edition translated by Don Sanderson. The original three-volume work, first published in 1979, has been revised specially as a single volume paperback which concentrates on the development of Japanese literature.
A History of Japanese Literature
The book is arranged topically in a series of short, accessible chapters for easy access and reference, giving insight into both canonical texts and many lesser known, popular genres, from centuries-old folk literature to the detective ...
This book, which covers the period from preliterate times to the beginning of the tenth century, is the first of five proposed volumes that will give an account of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the death of the modern novelist ...
Professor Aston's A History of Japanese Literature has a permanent place on the bookshelves of all lovers of Japan.
A History of Japanese Literature
A History of Japanese Literature: The first thousand years
A History of Japanese Literature
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the...
" Origins of Modern Japanese Literature should be read by all those with an interest in the development of cultural concepts and in the interrelating factors that have determined modernity.
Iwasaki , Yozan T. , and Glenn Hughes . New Plays from Japan . London : Ernest Benn , 1930 . Three Modern Japanese Plays . Cincinnati : Steward Kidd Co. , 1923 . Kikuchi Kan . Tõjūro's Love and Four Other Plays , trans . Glenn W. Shaw .