The Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945-52 - Paperback

by Atsuko Ueda (Editor), Michael K. Bourdaghs (Editor), Richi Sakakibara (Editor)

This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings--many appearing in English for the first time--offer explorations into the social, political, and philosophical debates among Japanese literary elites that shaped the country's literary culture in the aftermath of defeat.

Author Biography

Atsuko Ueda is associate professor of modern Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Michael K. Bourdaghs is professor of modern Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Richi Sakakibara is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University. Hirokazu Toeda is professor of modern Japanese literature at Waseda University.