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The blue-eyed tarōkaja : a Donald Keene anthology

Title
The blue-eyed tarōkaja : a Donald Keene anthology / DonaldKeene ; edited by J. Thomas Rimer.
Author
Keene, Donald.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, ©1996.

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Additional Authors
Rimer, J. Thomas.
Description
ix, 290 pages; 24 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "Donald Lawrence Keene (born June 18, 1922), also known as Donarudo Kiin (キーンドナルド Kiin Donarudo), is an American-born Japanese scholar, teacher, writer, translator and interpreter of Japanese literature and culture. Keene was University Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship there."--Wikipedia
Contents
pt. 1. Myself. Concerning Myself. Tsunoda Sensei. The Eroica Symphony. Music and Literature. Music and Orientalism -- pt. 2. Japan. The Gentleman Cannibals. Exile of an Assassin. Japanese Men. Japanese Women. Japanese Food. The Purity of the Japanese Language. The New Generation of American Japanologists -- pt. 3. Travel. Introduction. Kyoto. Uji. Nara. Ise. Sakurai. Nagasaki. Hagi. Hakodate. Shinano. Fukushima. Sanuki. Sado -- pt. 4. Japanese Literature. Characteristic Themes of Japanese Literature. An Interview with Abe Kobo. The Death of Kawabata Sensei. Mishima Had Everything. The First Japanese Translations of European Literature. The Tale of Genji in a General Education. The Iemoto System (No and Kyogen). Mori Ogai, "Mademoiselle Hanako" "Ashizuri Point" by Tamiya Torahiko -- pt. 5. Personal Observations. Return to Japan. The Treatment of Foreigners. Things I Miss About Japan While Away. Living in Two Countries.
Call Number
*OSD 96-5205
ISBN
  • 0231103409
  • 9780231103404
LCCN
95039337
OCLC
33865887
Author
Keene, Donald.
Title
The blue-eyed tarōkaja : a Donald Keene anthology / DonaldKeene ; edited by J. Thomas Rimer.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, ©1996.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Rimer, J. Thomas.
Research Call Number
*OSD 96-5205
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