Japanese Imperialism in Contemporary English Fiction From Dejima to Malaya /

• Main Author: Wang, Ching-chih (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Comparative literature.; Japan-History.; Literature .; Imperialism.; Comparative Literature.; History of Japan.; Postcolonial/World Literature.; Imperialism and Colonialism.

This book considers literary images of Japan created by David Mitchell, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Tan Twan Eng to examine the influence of Japanese imperialism and its legacy at a time when culture was appropriated as route to governmentality and violence justified as root to peace. Using David Mitchell&#...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Japanese Empire as an Excrescence of Imperialism
• Riches and Realities: The Uncommon Wealth in David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
• The "Broader Canvas" in Kazuo Ishiguro's Pacific War Stories
• Inscribing the Legacy of Japanese Imperialism in The Garden of Evening Mists
• Conclusion: Borrowing Scenes from Japan's Colonial Empire.