Donald Keene Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Death, homosexuality and the spiritual emptiness of post-war Japan: these are the often shocking subjects which Mishima explores. The old world meets the new in this collection of fiction and drama by one of Japan's most celebrated writers. A husband prepares to commit hara-kiri in the name of patriotism; an ascetic struggles with temptation; and a businessman meets a past love in the streets of San Francisco. Violence colours the work of Mishima, as it did his life. But there is also delicate observation, pathos, humour and irony in these beautifully crafted tales. Contents: - Death in Midsummer - Three Million Yen - Thermos Flasks - The Priest of Shiga Temple and His Love - The Seven Bridges - Patriotism - Dōjōji - Onnagata - The Pearl - Swaddling Clothes

For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai's comic prequel to No Longer Human

Novel of present day Japan. Reaction of an upper-class family to the war and the resultant cultural impact.

Ein Schriftsteller entschließt sich, drei Notizhefte, die ihm zugespielt worden sind, zu veröffentlichen. Es sind die hinterlassenen Aufzeichnungen eines genialen jungen Mannes, eines Comiczeichners, der schonungslos von seinem verpfuschten Leben berichtet: Frauen, Trunksucht, Drogen, Irrsinn – tatsächlich in vielem das Leben des Autors Osamu Dazai. Die packenden Skizzen einer conditio inhumana haben seit Erscheinen des Buches 1948 Generationen japanischer Leser fasziniert. Dazai selbst ist ein Idol.

One of the three seminal works of Japanese literature—a beautiful collection of poems and tales that offers an unparalleled insight into ancient Japan Along with the Tale of Genji and One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each, the Tales of Ise is considered one of the three most important works of Japanese literature. A poem-tale collection from the early Heian period, it contains many stories of amorous adventures, faithful friendship, and travels in exile, framing the exquisite poems at the work's heart. The Tales of Ise has influenced waka, Noh, tales, and diaries since the time it was written, and is still the source of endless inspiration in novels, poetry, manga, and cartoons. This volume has been translated by Peter MacMillan and includes a preface by the renowned Japanologist Donald Keene. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

A biography of Japanese tanka master Ishikawa Takuboku, who pioneered an unmistakably modern poetic style.

Yoshimasa był prawdopodobnie najgorszym szogunem w historii Japonii, niezdolnym do sprawowania władzy, zdominowanym przez żonę i nieznającym się na sprawach państwowych. Mimo to, jak pokazuje Donald Keene, jego wpływ na życie kulturalne Japonii był ogromny. Yoshimasa jest pamiętany głównie jako budowniczy Świątyni Srebrnego Pawilonu i przywódca w czasie wojny Onin (1467-1477), która osłabiła władzę szogunów. Porzuciwszy politykę, skupił się na poszukiwaniu piękna. Po rezygnacji ze stanowiska szoguna i osiedleniu się w Srebrnym Pawilonie, jego estetyczny smak wpłynął na gusty Japończyków, prowadząc do rozkwitu teatru no, sztuki japońskich ogrodów oraz narodzin ceremonii herbacianej. W jego czasach zyskały na znaczeniu również sztuka układania kwiatów, malarstwo tuszowe oraz architektura shoinzukuri. Keene, dzięki swojej wszechstronnej erudycji i wciągającemu stylowi pisania, tworzy fascynującą opowieść o wyrafinowanym estecie, którego gust miał kluczowe znaczenie w kształtowaniu współczesnego świata. Biografia ta stanowi nieoceniony przewodnik dla tych, którzy interesują się rozwojem japońskiego stylu.

The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which Japanese forces occupied territory from Alaska to Indonesia was followed by three years of terrible defeat. Nevertheless, until the shattering end of the war, many Japanese continued to believe in the invincibility of their country. But in the diaries of well-known writers--including Nagai Kafu, Takami Jun, Yamada Futaru, and Hirabayashi Taiko--and the scholar Watanabe Kazuo, varying doubts were vividly, though privately, expressed.Donald Keene, renowned scholar of Japan, selects from these diaries, some written by authors he knew well. Their revelations were sometimes poignant, sometimes shocking to Keene. Ito Sei's fervent patriotism and even claims of racial superiority stand in stark contrast to the soft-spoken, kindly man Keene knew. Weaving archival materials with personal recollections and the intimate accounts themselves, Keene reproduces the passions aroused during the war and the sharply contrasting reactions in the year following Japan's surrender. Whether detailed or fragmentary, these entries communicate the reality of false victory and all-too-real defeat.

"I sometimes think that if, as the result of an accident, I were to lose my knowledge of Japanese, there would not be much left for me. Japanese, which at first had no connection with my ancestors, my literary tastes, or my awareness of myself as a person, has become the central element of my life." In this eloquent and wholly absorbing memoir, the renowned scholar Donald Keene shares more than half a century of his extraordinary adventures as a student of Japan. Keene begins with an account of his bittersweet childhood in New York; then he describes his initial encounters with Asia and Europe and the way in which World War II complicated that experience. He captures the sights, scents, and sounds of Japan as they first enveloped him, and talks of the unique travels and well-known intellectuals who later shaped the contours of his academic career. Keene traces the movement of his passions with delicacy and subtlety, deftly weaving his love for Japan into a larger narrative about identity and home and the circumstances that led a Westerner to find solace in a country on the opposite side of the world. Chronicles of My Life is not only a fascinating tale of two cultures colliding, but also a thrilling account of the emotions and experiences that connect us all, regardless of our individual origins.

This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers.