Lafcadio Hearn and the Vision of Japan"Carl Dawson's fascinating and eminently readable account of Hearn and his writings... is an ambitious undertaking, and within the limits of this short book, one that has succeeded."-- Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictHearn (1850-1904) remains one of the most intriguing and extensively written-about early visitors to Japan. Recent books include Michael Shapiro's Japan: In the Land of the Brokenhearted ( LJ 6/1/89 ... Read full review
Contents
The Voyage Out | 1 |
Western Writers in Japan | 31 |
The Japanbook | 58 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Lafcadio Hearn and the Vision of Japan Parallax (Baltimore, Md.) Parallax : re-visions of culture and society |
| Author | Carl Dawson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0801843723, 9780801843723 |
| Length | 187 pages |
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