A fictional commons: Natsume Sōseki & the properties of modern literature
Michael K. Bourdaghs presents a radical reframing of the works of Natsume Sōseki--widely considered to be Japan's greatest modern novelist--as critical and creative responses to the emergence of new forms of property ownership in nineteenth-century Japan.
| Subtitles: | Natsume Sōseki and the properties of modern literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natsume, Sōseki 1867-1916
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Michael K. Bourdaghs presents a radical reframing of the works of Natsume Sōseki--widely considered to be Japan's greatest modern novelist--as critical and creative responses to the emergence of new forms of property ownership in nineteenth-century Japan. Cover -- Contents -- Note on Usage -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Owning Up to Sōseki -- Chapter One / Fables of Property: Nameless Cats, Trickster Badgers, Stray Sheep -- Chapter Two / House under a Shadow: Disowning the Psychology of Possessive Individualism in The Gate -- Chapter Three / Property and Sociological Knowledge: Sōseki and the Gift of Narrative -- Chapter Four / The Tragedy of the Market: Younger Brothers, Women, and Colonial Subjects in Kokoro -- Conclusion / Who Owns Sōseki? Or, How Not to Belong in World Literature -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4780-2192-6 |
