What happens when a critique of modernity--a "revolt against the traditions of the Western world"--is situated within a non-European context, where the concept of the modern has been
Lippit, a scholar at the University of California-Los Angeles, addresses topics including Akutagawa's late writings as the record of the collapse of a universalized conception of literature that can b
Kojin Karatani wrote the essays in "History and Repetition" during a time of radical historical change, triggered by the collapse of the Cold War and the death of the Showa emperor in 1989. Reading Ka
Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of modern Japanese literature. This volume's twenty-five short stories by as many authors display a wide
Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers in history. Rashomon and Other Stories, a collection of his mo
