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World Within Walls – Japanese Literature of the Pre–Modern Era, 1600–1867
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World Within Walls – Japanese Literature of the Pre–Modern Era, 1600–1867 Paperback - 1999

by Donald Keene

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Columbia Univ Pr, 1999. Paperback. New. revised edition. 606 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.25 inches.
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  • Title World Within Walls – Japanese Literature of the Pre–Modern Era, 1600–1867
  • Author Donald Keene
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 606
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia Univ Pr, Irvington, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0231114672
  • ISBN 9780231114677
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese

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From the rear cover

"The Tokugawa family held the shogunate from 1603 to 1867, ruling Japan and keeping the island nation isolated from the rest of the world for more than 250 years. Donald Keene looks within the "walls" of isolation and meticulously chronicles the periods vast literary output, providing both lay readers and scholars with the definitive history of premodern Japanese literature."--BOOK JACKET.

About the author

Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of a multivolume history of Japanese literature, of which World Within Walls is the second part, and more than thirty other books, including many translations from Japanese literature. He has received numerous honors in both the United States and Japan, and is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.