This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary traditions, through the flourishing of the short story genre in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the Taisho era, to the new breed of writers produced under the constraints of literary censorship, and the current writings reflecting the Hunt |f Peter |i P. |s ed |j Edited by |t Professor Emeritus |a Cardiff UniversityLEWIS CARROLLP0000031007New Edition |b n/e |a New ed.|w 5.1 |h 7.6 |d 1integrated b/w by Sir John Tenniel19.600x13.000x2.00035210/09/2009GULLEYJ |D 2009 12 11 |T 11:35:48LYNN |D 2010 03 038.95OUP3.3210/09/2009IP05/01/2011ELTHERIJ |D 2009 09 09 |T 10:44:35 |F A BIOG TI LCP TRC PP8.950.2480Rights include: WorldFICTPUBYES6.9951Peter Hunt has written or edited around 20 books on children's literature, a nd more than 150 articles. He was awarded the Brothers Grimm Award for services to children's literature in 2003. He is one of the editors of the Norton Anthology of Children's Literature (2005) and his other books include An Introduction to Children's Literature (OUP, 1994), Children's Literature: An Illustrated History

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Theodore Goossen is Professor of Japanese at York University, Ontario. A talented translator, he is well-acquainted with the contemporary Japanese literary scene, and editor of Descant, a Japanese literary journal.