Lafcadio Hearn's Japan (eBook)

Fascinating Stories and Essays by Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

Lafcadio Hearn (Autor)

Donald Richie (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
224 Seiten
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4629-0010-7 (ISBN)

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This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern Japan Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese--"e;to think with their thoughts"e; was his aim--his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West.In this masterful anthology, Donald Richie shows that Hearn was first and foremost a reliable and enthusiastic observer, who faithfully recorded a detailed account of the people, customs, and culture of late nineteen-century Japan. Opening and closing with excerpts from Hearn's final books, Richie's astute selection from among "e;over 4,000 printed pages"e; not including correspondence and other writing, also reveals Hearn's later, more sober and reflective attitudes to the things that he observed and wrote about.Part One, "e;The Land,"e; chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his adopted home. Part Two, "e;The People,"e; records the author's later years when he came to terms with the Japanese themselves. In this anthology, Richie, more gifted in capturing the essence of a person on the page than any other foreign writer living in Japan, has picked out the best of Hearn's evocations.Select writings include:The Chief City of the Province of the GodsThree Popular BalladsIn the Cave of the Children's GhostsBits of Life and DeathA Street SingerKimikoOn A Bridge

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Classic Literature • History of Japan • Japanese Folklore • Japanese history • japanese legends • japanese literature collection culture history western foreigner interpreter traveler color photography asian society customs people zen philosophy daily life prolific writer nineteenth 19th century travel journalism sweetest fruits monique truong • japanese literature collection culture history western interpreter traveler asian society customs people zen garden philosophy daily life beauty appreciation prolific writer nineteenth 19th century travel journalism sweetest fruits monique truong • japanese literature in english • japanese stories
• ISBN-10: 1-4629-0010-0 / 1462900100
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4629-0010-7 / 9781462900107