Ebook: Translating Modern Japanese Literature
Author: Donovan Richard
- Tags: Japanese language -- Translating into English, Japanese literature -- Translations -- History and criticism, Japanese fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English, Japanese fiction, Japanese literature -- Translations
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publisher
- Language: English
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This book presents and comments on four short works of Japanese literature by prominent writers of the early twentieth century, including Natsume Sōseki and Miyazawa Kenji. These are their first-ever published English translations. The book is designed to be used as a textbook for the translation of modern Japanese literature--another first. Each chapter introduces the writer and his work, presents the original Read more...