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This text relates the experiences of a range of Western writers who went to Japan as teachers and lecturers, covering a period of over 100 years. It discusses East/West cultural differences, Western "individualism" encountering Japanese "formal" society, and also draws on the author's interviews with many of the writers featured. It includes some hitherto unpublished correspondence, as well as comments on their published works. The book is aimed at departments of literature (courses in twentieth-century literature); cultural studies; Japanese studies.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Western Writers in Japan
• Author: Sumie Okada
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 185
• EAN: 9780333721742
• ISBN: 0333721748
• ID: 04598167
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 418 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. November 1998

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