"Ysko Tawada: Voices from Everywhere is the first volume of criticism dedicated to the work of Ysko Tawada, one of the most highly acclaimed writers of her generation. Douglas Slaymaker has collected a range of essays including many that were featured at the 2006 MLA Conference, where a presidential panel featuring Ysko Tawada was organized by MLA President Marjorie Perloff, who has contributed a preface to this volume. The essays explor ..."
Narrative as Counter-Memory A Half-Century of Postwar Writing in Germany and Japan 通过 ReikoTachibana 345 页, 发布时间 通过 Suny Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-2174-2, ISBN: 1-4384-2174-5
"In the chaotic postwar world, Mizoguchi's obsession with the destruction of
beauty grows, as his passion for imaginary loveliness over-powers his ability to
accept what is real. ... The famous kéan (Kung-an)' known as “Nansen Kills a Cat"
-—an episode from the Mumonkan, a thirteenthcentury collection of forty-eight ko'
an—is retold by the Superior at the Golden Temple during the last night of the
war. ... “[The cat] was beautiful,” h ..."
Narrative As Counter-Memory(Updated) A Half-Century of Postwar Writing in Germany and Japan 通过 ReikoTachibana Hardcover, 345 页, 发布时间 1998 通过 State Univ Of New York Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3663-9, ISBN: 0-7914-3663-2
"For the first time, this book offers an extensive comparative study of German and Japanese narratives that serve as a form of "counter-memory, " in Foucault's phrase, for the two cultures. Rather than attempting to present objective or comprehensive views of history, these narratives draw upon personal memories to offer subjective, selective, and individualistic reports. They provide an alternative (or "counter-memory") to more official ..."
Narrative As Counter-Memory A Half-Century of Postwar Writing in Germany and Japan 通过 ReikoTachibana Paperback, 372 页, 发布时间 1998 通过 State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3664-6, ISBN: 0-7914-3664-0
"A pioneering study of German and Japanese postwar fiction, providing a broad cultural basis for understanding a half-century of responses to World War II from within the two societies.The wartime and postwar cultural histories of Germany and Japan show similar experiences of defeat, occupation, and then the reconstruction of powerful societies. Little previous research has examined the literary works that reflect these contacts and para ..."
"Yoko Tawada: Voices from Everywhere is the first volume of criticism dedicated to the work of Yoko Tawada, one of the most highly acclaimed writers of her generation. Douglas Slaymaker has collected a range of essays including many that were featured at the 2006 MLA Conference, where a presidential panel featuring Yoko Tawada was organized by MLA President Marjorie Perloff, who has contributed a preface to this volume. The essays explor ..."