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Kobayashi Hideo—literary Criticism, 1924-1939
Stanford University Press · Print & ebook · March 1, 2000
Kobayashi Hideo (1902-83) was the most important Japanese literary critic of the twentieth century, as crucial a presence in his own literary culture as Edmund Wilson, Walter Benjamin, and Roland Barthes were in theirs.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore the criticism through which Kobayashi Hideo established himself in Japan’s literary culture.
- Genres
- Japanese Literary Criticism, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Stanford University Press, March 1, 2000
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Kobayashi Hideo (1902-83) was the most important Japanese literary critic of the twentieth century, as crucial a presence in his own literary culture as Edmund Wilson, Walter Benjamin, and Roland Barthes were in theirs. It is not too much to say that modern literary criticism in Japan begins with Kobayashi. Echoes of his judgments and values are everywhere present in modern Japanese literary discourse.
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Indeed, his impact on later criticism is such that writing about Kobayashi has become something of a rite of passage for Japanese critics aspiring to literary leadership. This book is a collection of the most significant and enduring works from the period when Kobayashi established himself as Japan's preeminent literary critic. Reviews "Anderer has now given readers of English the opportunity to form their own conclusions [about Kobayashi]. This is no mean feat, as anyone who has dipped into the original texts knows, and for it he deserves much gratitude. . . . Given the difficulties of Kobayashi's style . . . translation is a paramount issue. Anderer has risen to the occasion admirably." —Monumenta Nipponica "By making these widely read and often quoted essays available in English, Anderer has provided a valuable service." —Japan Quarterly
Kobayashi’s Criticism
Explore the criticism through which Kobayashi Hideo established himself in Japan’s literary culture.
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- Kobayashi Hideo’s literary criticism from 1924 to 1939
- A collection of essays from the period he established himself as a critic
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- Literary criticism by Kobayashi Hideo
- Works from 1924 to 1939
Where it sits
| Japanese Literary Criticism | 99% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Japanese Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Hideo Kobayashi, Paul Anderer
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Published
- March 1, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Japanese Literary Criticism