Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century - Softcover

Keene, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805043640 ISBN 13: 9780805043648

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1995

Synopsis

Twenty-five years of research inform the fourth and final volume of an analysis of Japanese literature that uncovers the sensibility of an entire culture, revealing the history of poetic forms, the "I" novel, travel writing, women writers, and more.

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Review:

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- "The New Yorker"

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- The New Yorker

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- "The New Yorker"

About the Author:

Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of a multivolume history of Japanese literature, of which Seeds in the Heart is the first part, and at least thirty other books, including many translations from Japanese literature. He has received numerous honors in both the United States and Japan, and is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0805043640
• ISBN 13: 9780805043648
• Binding: Paperback