The Dawn that Never Comes
Download or Read eBook The Dawn that Never Comes PDF written by Michael K. Bourdaghs and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael K. Bourdaghs |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231129807 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231129800 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Dawn that Never Comes by : Michael K. Bourdaghs
Book excerpt: A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, The Dawn That Never Comes offers the most detailed reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's most influential poets and novelists. This book surveys the ideologies of national imagination at play in early-twentieth-century Japan, specifically in the work of Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). Bourdaghs analyzes Toson's major works in detail, using them to demonstrate that the field of national imagination requires a complex interweaving of varied--and sometimes even contradictory--figures for imagining the national community.
