Fictions of Desire: Narrative Form in the Novels of Nagai Kafu 9780824862510

Stephen Snyder examines Kafu's fiction in terms of narrative strategy, placing him squarely within some of the most

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. ŌGAI, KAFŪ, AND THE LIMITS OF FICTION
CHAPTER 2. MAUPASSANT AND AMERIKA MONOGATARI
CHAPTER 3. UDEKURABE: THE DEMIMONDE EAST AND WEST
CHAPTER 4. FRUSTRATED FORM: NARRATIVE SUBVERSION IN OKAMEZASA
CHAPTER 5. BOKUTŌ KIDAN: A “STRANGE TALE” AND THE SELFCONSCIOUS MODERN
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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