Overview
A 29th-century dystopian society seen through the eyes of a mutant-cum-romantic poet; a post-impressionist landscape of orbs and cubes experienced by a wandering underdog; an imaginary sick room generated entirely from sounds reaching the ears of an invalid: These and other haunting re-presentations of time and space constitute the Japanese modernist landscape depicted in this volume of stories from the 1910s to the 1930s. The fourteen stories selected for this anthology—by both relatively unknown and “must-read” authors—experiment with a protean modernist style in the vivacious period between the nation-building Meiji and the early years of Showa. The writers capture imaginary temporal and spatial dimensions that embody forms of futuristic urban space, colonial space, utopia, dystopia, and heterotopia. Their work invites readers to abandon the conventional naturalistic approach to spatial and temporal representations and explore how the physical and empirical experience of time and space is distorted and reconfigured through the prism of modernist Japanese prose. An introduction and prefatory materials provide historical and critical context for Japanese modernism, making Three-Dimensional Reading a valuable teaching text not only for the study of modern Japanese literature, but for world literature, global modernism, and utopian studies as well. The volume also includes drawings by contemporary artist Sakaguchi Ky?hei, whose ability to create a stunning visual reality beyond the borders of time and place is a testament to the power and reverberations of the modernist imagination.
Full Product Details
Author: Angela Yiu Takei
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.610kg
ISBN: 9780824838010
ISBN 10: 0824838017
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 31 July 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
the stories Yiu has collected in Three-Dimensional Prose are as compelling as the best canonical modernist work remains even decades after its creation. . . . He helps us to see with fresh eyes fiction that helps us to see with fresh eyes the world.-- Kyoto Journal
the stories Yiu has collected in Three-Dimensional Prose are as compelling as the best canonical modernist work remains even decades after its creation. . . . He helps us to see with fresh eyes fiction that helps us to see with fresh eyes the world.-- ""Kyoto Journal""
"the stories Yiu has collected in Three-Dimensional Prose are as compelling as the best canonical modernist work remains even decades after its creation. . . . He helps us to see with fresh eyes fiction that helps us to see with fresh eyes the world.-- ""Kyoto Journal"""
Author Information
Angela Yiu is professor of Japanese literature at the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Sophia University, Tokyo.
