Japanese Fiction Writers Since World War II
Author | : Van C. Gessel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105022382480 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Japanese Fiction Writers Since World War II written by Van C. Gessel and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on post World War II Japanese fiction writers. Novelists who participated in literary activity after 1945 shaped the direction of postwar Japanese fiction. Freed from censorship, significant war literature was written in the decade after the conflict. Established writers were able to resume work interrupted by the war and demands to write propaganda. Female authors would emerge to define the new role of their gender in this post-war period.