Adaptions of Western Literature in Meiji Japan Hardback
by J. Miller
Hardback
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This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S.
Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as oral performance, and an American melodrama redone as a serialized novel promoting the reform of Japanese theater.
Written from a comparative perspective, it argues that adaptation (hon'an) was a valid form of contemporary Japanese translation that fostered creative appropriation across many genres and among a diverse group of writers and artists.
In addition, it invites readers to reconsider adaptation in the context of translation theory.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:180 pages, X, 180 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:08/02/2002
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- ISBN:9780312239954
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:180 pages, X, 180 p.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:08/02/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780312239954
