{"product_id":"9781666963151","title":"Japanese Literary Theories An Anthology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJapanese Literary Theories\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Anthology\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYoshiki Hidaka | Hiroshi Iijima | Masahiro Iwamatsu | Manabu Kawada | Akira Kikuchi | Naoko Kitamura Iwamatsu | Akihiro Kubo | Tomoyuki Nagata | Tomoe Nakamura | Atsuko Nishikawa | Yasusuke Oura | Sho Saito | Kayo Sasao | Irina Holca | Yasusuke Oura | Erin L. Brightwell | Andre de Haag | Irina Holca | Gregory Khezrnejat | Clarence I-Zhuen Lee | Takeshi Morisato | Roman Pasca | Yoshitaka Yamamoto\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Asian \/ Japanese\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJapanese Literary Theories: An Anthology \u003c\/i\u003eis the English translation of the 2017 volume edited by Yasusuke Oura (\u003ci\u003eNihon Bungaku Riron: Ansorojii\u003c\/i\u003e), which grew from a unique collaboration between scholars of Western literatures and scholars of modern Japanese literature. Its eight thematic chapters on various aspects of literary theory each contain excerpts from representative texts by Japanese intellectuals, discussed against the background of Japan's ongoing negotiations with foreign ideas. The anthology offers a comprehensive image of the development of Japanese literary theories, from the beginning of the Meiji period in 1868 and up to the present day. The translation of this anthology, another collaborative project, brings to the English-speaking reader heretofore untranslated pieces by Japanese critics, scholars, and creative writers, providing a point of entry into a variety of intellectual discourses from modern and contemporary Japan. It enriches the repertoire of literary theories available in English, while shedding light on the ways in which literature and literary theory travel back and forth within various linguistic spheres, serving as central loci of intellectual negotiation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrina Holca\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of the English translation, is associate professor of modern and contemporary Japanese literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasusuke Oura\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of the Japanese anthology, is a specialist in literary theory and professor emeritus at Kyoto University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLexington Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666963151\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331922460812,"sku":"9781666963151","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c692ecfe-d684-4727-899e-d90fa50890c2.jpg?v=1783600236","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781666963151","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}