Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993 /
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| Author / Creator: | Schierbeck, Sachiko Shibata. |
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| Imprint: | [Copenhagen] : Museum Tusculanum Press : University of Copenhagen ; New York : Distribution in USA, Paul, 1994. |
| Description: | 378 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1738995 |
| Summary: | It was not until Kawabata Yasunari won the 1968 Nobel Prize for literature that the average Western reader became aware of contemporary Japanese literature. A few translations of writings by Japanese women have appeared lately, yet the West remains largely ignorant of this wide field. In this book Sachiko Schierbeck profiles the 104 female winners of prestigious literary prizes in Japan since the beginning of the century. It contains summaries of their selected works, and a bibliography of works translated into Western languages from 1900 to 1993. These works give insight into the minds and hearts of Japanese women and draw a truer picture of the conditions of Japanese community life than any sociological study would present. Schierbeck's 104 biographies constitute a useful reference work not only to students of literature but to anyone with an interest in women's studies, history or sociology. |
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| Item Description: | English text revised by Marlene R. Edelstein. Cf. T.p. verso. Table of contents, names of the authors and their first and subsequent publications also in Japanese. |
| Physical Description: | 378 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references in English and Japanese. |
| ISBN: | 8772892684 |