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Sirens of the Western Shore: Westernesque Women and Translation in Modern Japanese Literature
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[An] insightful, carefully researched study... Highly recommended.
(Choice )Richly textured... cogently argued, lucidly written, and offers the reader insights on both theoretical and biographical levels.
(Nanette Gottlieb Monumenta Nipponica )Sirens of the Western Shore takes a fresh and detailed look at the topic of vernacular style in Meiji literature.
(Sarah Frederick Journal of Japanese Studies )Review
No other book has ever elucidated as brilliantly the crucial role played by translation in the formation of modern literature.
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