Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index.
Contents:
The genealogy of the shōsetsu: from gesaku to "shōsetsu = novel" -- The main constituents of the shōsetsu: Shōsetsu shinzui's criticism of Bakin and "depoliticization" -- Constructing "Asia" and imperial longing -- Tōsei shosei katagi: the "social" shōsetsu -- Unraveling the mechanism of concealment: historicizing Shōsetsu shinzui.
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