Theory of literature and other critical writings
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for such highly acclaimed works as Kokoro, Sanshiro, and I Am a Cat. Yet he began his career as a literary theorist and scholar of English literature. In 1907, he published Theory of Literature, a remarkabl...
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New York
Columbia University Press
2009
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| Series: | Weatherhead books on Asia
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Table of Contents:
- pt 1. Excerpts from Theory of literature (Bungakuron, 1907)
- pt 2. Other writings (1907-14)
- Statement on joining the Asahi
- Philosophical foundations of the literary arts
- Preface to literary criticism
- The Merits and flaws of -isms
- My Individualism