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Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture Ser.: So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish : Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers by Donald Keene (2010, Hardcover)

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PublisherColumbia University Press

ISBN-100231151462

ISBN-139780231151467

eBay Product ID (ePID)80550528

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSo Lovely a Country Will Never Perish : Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers

SubjectMilitary / World War II, Asia / Japan, Asian / Japanese, Personal Memoirs, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, Literary

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorDonald Keene

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History

SeriesAsia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight17.4 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-041198

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Keene has scoured the wartime diaries of numerous Japanese writers and judiciously woven excerpts into an elegant narrative that provides some acute insights into the mentality of the Japanese during the years of their greatest crisis. " -- Anthony Head, Times Literary Supplement , 7/2/2010, Keene has scoured the wartime diaries of numerous Japanese writers and judiciously woven excerpts into an elegant narrative that provides some acute insights into the mentality of the Japanese during the years of their greatest crisis., "Keene has scoured the wartime diaries of numerous Japanese writers and judiciously woven excerpts into an elegant narrative that provides some acute insights into the mentality of the Japanese during the years of their greatest crisis. " -- Anthony Head, Times Literary Supplement, 7/2/2010

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal940.53/520922

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Wartime Diaries 1. The Day the War Began 2. The Birth of "Greater East Asia" 3. False Victories and Real Defeats 4. A Dismal New Year 5. On the Eve 6. The Jade Voice 7. The Days After 8. The Revival of Literature 9. Rejection of the War 10. Under the Occupation Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisThe 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.

LC Classification NumberPL723.S66 2010