Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen") and Other Stories

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Total Pages : 177 pages
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Hell Screen

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Hell Screen and Other Stories

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Total Pages : 177 pages
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Book Synopsis Hell Screen and Other Stories by : Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Download or read book Hell Screen and Other Stories written by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hell Screen

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141968508
Total Pages : 55 pages
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Book Synopsis Hell Screen by : Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Download or read book Hell Screen written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He had the Ten Kings of Hell and their minions over in one small corner, and everything else - the entire screen - was enveloped in a firestorm so terrible you thought the swirling flames were going to melt the mountain of Sabres and the Forest of Swords.' One of the towering figures of modern Japanese writing, Akutagawa's early career was distinguished by imaginative, beautifully crafted stories of medieval Japan, rich with period detail. These two stories include his great masterpiece of that period, 'Hell Screen', and the parable of a thread-thin chance of escape for a sinner in the Pool of Blood. This book includes Hell Screen and The Spider Thread.

Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen") and Other Stories

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Publisher : Praeger
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Total Pages : 200 pages
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Book Synopsis Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen") and Other Stories by : 芥川龍之介

Download or read book Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen") and Other Stories written by 芥川龍之介 and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1971 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There can be no doubt that [Akutagawa] had more individuality than any other writer of his time and has left in Japanese literature a mass of artistic work, often grotesque and curious, that, while it undoubtedly angers the proletarian experimenters who now hold the stage and fight with lusty pens and a highly developed class consciousness against all that he stood for, will continue to live as long as men go on treasuring the fancies their fellows from time to time set down with care on paper.--Glen W. Shaw

Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781884964367
Total Pages : 930 pages
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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L by : O. Classe

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Japanese and Western Literature

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462912133
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Book Synopsis Japanese and Western Literature by : Armando Martins Janeira

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Suicidal Honor

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824864514
Total Pages : 305 pages
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Select List of Recent Publications

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Total Pages : 396 pages
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エイヤクニホンカンケイホウブントショモクロク

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Total Pages : 138 pages
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Hell Screen [in, Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories: Selected and Translated with Notes by Jay Rubin with an Introduction by Haruki Murakami] (Penguin Classics).

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Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

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ISBN 13 : 1101503092
Total Pages : 257 pages
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Download or read book Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Penguin Classics' most popular translations—now also in our elegant black spine dress Ryünosuke Akutagawa is one of Japan's foremost stylists—a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. "Rashömon"and "In a Bamboo Grove" inspired Kurosawa's magnificent film and depict a past in which morality is turned upside down, while tales such as "The Nose," "O-Gin" and "Loyalty" paint a rich and imaginative picture of a medieval Japan peopled by Shoguns and priests, vagrants and peasants. And in later works such as "Death Register," "The Life of a Stupid Man," and "Spinning Gears," Akutagawa drew from his own life to devastating effect, revealing his intense melancholy and terror of madness in exquisitely moving impressionistic stories. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature.

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Publisher : CUP Archive
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Total Pages : 226 pages
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英文日本関係図書目録

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Publisher : Tokyo, Japan : The Japan Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
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Contradictory Impulses

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Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858354
Total Pages : 287 pages
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Reference Guide to World Literature

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Publisher : Saint James Press
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Total Pages : 1174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reference Guide to World Literature written by Tom Pendergast and published by Saint James Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers writers from the ancient Greeks to 20th-century authors. Includes biographical-bibliographical entries on nearly 500 writers and approximately 550 entries focusing on significant works of world literature. Each author entry provides a detailed overview of the writer's life and works. Work entries cover a particular piece of world literature in detail.

The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231152450
Total Pages : 178 pages
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