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The great circle : American writers and the Orient

Title
The great circle : American writers and the Orient / Beongcheon Yu.
Author
Yu, Beongcheon.
Publication
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1983.

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Description
266 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
The author explores the extent of the influence of Indian, Chinese and Japanese traditions on American literature.
Subject
  • American literature > Asian influences
  • American literature > History and criticism
  • Civilization, Oriental, in literature
  • Exoticism in literature
  • American literature
  • Exotismus
  • Geschichte
  • Literatur
  • Rezeption
  • Südostasien Motiv
  • Orient
  • Südostasien
  • USA
  • Südostasien (Motiv)
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: Orientlism as a literary tradition -- Part one -- Emerson -- Thoreau -- Whitman -- Part two -- Yankee pilgrims in Japan -- Fenollosa -- Hearn -- Part three -- Babbitt -- O'Neill -- Eliot -- Pound -- Epilogue The beat generation: Salinger, Kerouac, and Snyder.
ISBN
  • 0814317375
  • 9780814317372
  • 0783736630
  • 9780783736631
LCCN
83014811
OCLC
  • ocm09785554
  • 9785554
  • SCSB-98345
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library