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Author:

Levy, Indra A.

Title:

Sirens of the Western shore : the westernesque femme fatale, translation, and vernacular style in modern Japanese literature / Indra Levy.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Women in literature.
Japanese literature--1868---History and criticism.
Japanese literature--Western influences.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature japonaise--1868-1912 (Ère Meiji)--Histoire et critique.
Littérature japonaise--Influence occidentale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.

Contents:

Foreign letters, the vernacular, and meiji schoolgirls -- Translation as origin and the originality of translation -- Meiji schoolgirls in and as language -- Portrait of the naturalist as a young exote -- Literary desire and the exotic language of love: from "Shoshijin" to Jokyoshi -- Haunting the laboratory of vernacular style: The sirens of "Shojobyo" and Futon -- Setting the stage for translation -- Gender drag, culture drag, and female interiority -- Final reflections: Gender, cultural hierarchy, and literary style.

ISBN:

9780231510745 (pbk.)
0231510748 (pbk.)
9780231137867 (alk. paper)
0231137869 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006017785

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)