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The Uses of Memory

- The Critique of Modernity in the Fiction of Higuchi Ichiyo

About The Uses of Memory

The writer Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896) has been described as a consummate stylist of classical prose. Timothy Van Compernolle investigates the social dimensions of Ichiyo's imagination and argues that she reworked the Japanese literary tradition in order to understand and critique the emerging modernity of the Meiji period.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674022720
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 250
  • Published:
  • November 30, 2006
  • Dimensions:
  • 237x164x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 550 g.
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Expected delivery: December 11, 2024

Description of The Uses of Memory

The writer Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896) has been described as a consummate stylist of classical prose. Timothy Van Compernolle investigates the social dimensions of Ichiyo's imagination and argues that she reworked the Japanese literary tradition in order to understand and critique the emerging modernity of the Meiji period.

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