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Purloined letters cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature, 1868-1937

Title
Purloined letters [electronic resource] : cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature, 1868-1937 / Mark Silver.
Author
Silver, Mark.
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʼi Press, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 217 p.)
Uniform Title
Purloined letters (Online)
Alternative Title
Purloined letters (Online)
Subject
  • Detective and mystery stories, Japanese > History and criticism
  • Japanese fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Japanese fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Japanese fiction > Western influences
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.
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Contents
Cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature -- Affirmations of authority: premodern and early Meiji crime literature -- Borrowing the detective novel: Kuroiwa Ruikō and the uses of translation -- Arresting change: Okamoto Kidō's stories of nostalgic remembrance -- Anxieties of influence: Edogawa Ranpo's horrifying hybrids -- Coda: Cultural borrowing reconsidered.
LCCN
2007048339
OCLC
ssj0000230813
Author
Silver, Mark.
Title
Purloined letters [electronic resource] : cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature, 1868-1937 / Mark Silver.
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʼi Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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