{"product_id":"theory-of-literature-and-other-critical-writings-paperback","title":"Theory of Literature and Other Critical Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSōseki Natsume\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Bourdaghs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAtsuko Ueda\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the twentieth century, known for such highly acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eKokoro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSanshiro\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Am a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet he began his career as a literary theorist and scholar of English literature. In 1907, he published \u003ci\u003eTheory of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, a remarkably forward-thinking attempt to understand how and why we read. The text anticipates by decades the ideas and concepts of formalism, structuralism, reader-response theory, and postcolonialism, as well as cognitive approaches to literature that are only now gaining traction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmploying the cutting-edge approaches of contemporary psychology and sociology, Soseki created a model for studying the conscious experience of reading literature as well as a theory for how the process changes over time and across cultures. Along with \u003ci\u003eTheory of Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume reproduces a later series of lectures and essays in which Soseki continued to develop his theories. By insisting that literary taste is socially and historically determined, Soseki was able to challenge the superiority of the Western canon, and by grounding his theory in scientific knowledge, he was able to claim a universal validity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatsume Soseki (1867-1916) was the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era, known for his books \u003ci\u003eKokoro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBotchan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Am a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Bourdaghs is associate professor of modern Japanese literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn That Never Comes: Shimazaki Toson and Japanese Nationalism\u003c\/i\u003e and the translation editor of Kamei Hideo's \u003ci\u003eTransformations of Sensibility: The Phenomenology of Meiji Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAtsuko Ueda is assistant professor of East Asian studies at Princeton University and the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eConcealment of Politics, Politics of Concealment\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph A. Murphy is associate professor of languages, literatures, and cultures at the University of Florida and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphorical Circuit: Negotiating the Gap Between Literature and Science in Twentieth-Century Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent work concerns the cognitive basis of narrative comprehension and includes an article in the volume \u003ci\u003eCognition and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, forthcoming from Yale University Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45301773598822,"sku":"9780231146579","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dG9ZT3lzSHJjcncrQUtCSnBNWE8xdz09.webp?v=1773967824","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/theory-of-literature-and-other-critical-writings-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}