Literature among the Ruins, 1945-1955
Bourdaghs, Michael K. / Sakakibara, Richi / Ueda, Atsuko In the wake of the disaster of 1945--as Japan was forced to remake itself from "empire" to "nation" in the face of an uncertain global situation--literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue between scholars in Japan and North America as we rethink the historical and contemporary significance of such ongoing questions as the meaning of the Ameri...