Description: Traces the transformation of the study of postwar Japanese literature from positivism to radically different methods informed by linguistics
Review Quotes: "A welcome edition to the recent corpus of Japanese literary criticism. Brilliant . . . remarkable . . . clearly written . . . The many dialogues--both explicit and implicit--between scholars based in Japan and in the United States constitute the most rewarding part of the book. The translations in this volume read quite well, and most of the essays present original research and make significant contributions to our scholarly endeavors.--Atsuko Ueda, Journal of Japanese Studies