Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Imperialism and Textuality Part I. Writing the Empire 1. The Genealogy of the “South” 2. Taming the Barbaric 3. Writers in the South Part II .Colonial Desire and Ambivalence 4. Nishikawa Mitsuru and Bungei Taiwan 5. Gender, Historiography, and Romantic Colonialism Part III. The Empire Writes Back 6. Language Policy and Cultural Identity 7. The Nativist Response 8. Imperial-Subject Literature and Its Discontents Conclusion: A Voice Reclaimed Epilogue: Postcolonial Refractions Notes Bibliography Index About the Author