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With introductory chapters on Japan's historic love-hate relationship with China, the author goes on to explore his subject under five main themes: Europeanization fever and conservative reaction, which includes a discussion on Samuel Smiles's Self-Help - the best-selling guidebook for Meiji Japan's modernization; from war to peace, which includes an analysis of Takeyama Michio's Harp of Burma (1948) and the image of former British enemies; attempt at reciprocal elucidation, which includes an appraisal of the Divine Comedy from a Japanese perspective; Lafcadio Hearn's Understanding of the Ghostly World of the Japanese, including a chapter on animistic belief and its use in Japanese literature; and Japanese writers between East and West, including an evaluation of Takamura Kotaro's love-hate relationship with the West.

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