Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader

This anthology is intended to supplement courses in which Japanese aesthetics and culture are taught. The essays assume little background knowledge; they do represent seminal thought in literary, cultural, and aesthetic criticism, and are well known to scholars for their clarity and straightforward exposition, making them especially useful to the Westerner who does not speak Japanese.

Some of the essays provide a general introduction to the basic theories of Japanese aesthetics, others deal with poetry and theater, and a third group discusses cultural phenomena directly related to classic Japanese literature. The text includes notes on historical periods and language, a glossary of the most significant literary and aesthetic vocabulary, and an extensive, annotated bibliography that guides the reader to primary materials, critical studies, general histories, anthologies, encyclopedias, and lists of films and audio-visual materials.

Author: Nancy G. Hume
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 07/01/1995
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.01h x 5.96w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780791424001

About the Author
Nancy G. Hume is Associate Professor of English at Essex Community College, Baltimore, Maryland.

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