Adra Louviereにより3年、 10ヶ月前に更新されました。
Adra LouviereThe Pleasures of Japanese Literature
by Donald Keene
The Pleasures of Japanese Literature – Read More
About The Book
Perhaps no one is more qualified to write about Japanese culture than Donald Keene, considered the leading interpreter of that nation’s literature to the Western world. The author, editor, or translator of nearly three dozen books of criticism and works of literature, Keene now offers an enjoyable and beautifully written introduction to traditional Japanese culture for the general reader.
The book acquaints the reader with Japanese aesthetics, poetry, fiction, and theater, and offers Keene’s appreciations of these topics. Based on lectures given at the New York Public Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the University of California, Los Angeles, the essays -though written by a renowned scholar- presuppose no knowledge of Japanese culture. Keene’s deep learning, in fact, enables him to construct an overview as delightful to read as it is informative.
His insights often illuminate aspects of traditional Japanese culture that endure today. One of these is the appreciation of “perishability.” this appreciation os seen in countless little bits of Japanese life: in temples made of wood instead of durable materials; in the preference for objects -such as pottery- that are worn, broken, or used rather than new; and in the national love of the delicate cherry blossom, which normally falls after a brief three days of flowering. Keene quotes the fourteenth-century Buddhist monk Kenko, who wrote that “the most precious thing about life is its uncertainty.”
Throughout the volume, Keene demonstrates that the rich artistic and social traditions of Japan can indeed be understood by readers from our culture. This book will enlighten anyone interested in Japanese literature and culture.
Online book The Pleasures of Japanese Literature Donald Keene download on Book Depository. Hardback ebook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature for iPhone. FB2 The Pleasures of Japanese Literature read online reader. TXT ebook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene buy on Audible. Paperback The Pleasures of Japanese Literature buy cheap on Mac on Powells.
MOBI book The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene. EPUB The Pleasures of Japanese Literature read for PocketBook on Books-a-Million. MP3 ebook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature Donald Keene download. Hardcover book The Pleasures of Japanese Literature download on Android on Bookshop. FictionBook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature Donald Keene.
PDF book The Pleasures of Japanese Literature buy cheap. EPUB ebook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene read Kindle on IndieBound. Paperback book The Pleasures of Japanese Literature download for iOS. Hardback ebook The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald Keene read online on Barnes & Noble. MOBI The Pleasures of Japanese Literature buy on PC on Walmart.