An Age of Melodrama
Author | : |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2008-09-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780804779623 |
ISBN-13 | : 0804779627 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Download or read book An Age of Melodrama written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, Japanese fiction pulsed with an urge to render good and evil in ways that evoked dramatic emotions. This book examines four popular novels from this period by interweaving two threads of argument.