Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan by Copeland, Rebecca L. (9780824822293)

Lost Leaves: Women Writers of Meiji Japan

by Copeland, Rebecca L.

Hardcover - English

An examination of the context for the development of female literary expression in Meiji Japan. It studies the lives and literary careers of three of Higuchi Ichiyo's peers - Miyake Kaho, Wakamatsu Shizuko and Shimizu Shikin - each representative of the diversity of the period.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0824822293

EAN

9780824822293

Publisher

UNIV OF HAWAII PR

Publication Date

01 Jul 2000

Pages

285

About Author

Natsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in her country as one of a rare breed of mystery writers whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction in Japan for "Out "in 1998, but one of its major literary awards--the Naoki Prize--for "Soft Cheeks "(which has not yet been published in English), in 1999. Several of her books have also been turned into feature movies. "Out "was the first of her novels to appear in English and was nominated for an Edgar Award. <BR>TRANSLATOR: Rebe