Searching for Japan : twentieth-century Italy's fascination with Japanese culture /
Monserrati, Michele, 1977-
Searching for Japan : twentieth-century Italy's fascination with Japanese culture / Michele Monserrati. - 1 online resource - Transnational Italian cultures ; 3 . - Transnational Italian cultures ; 3. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Searching for Japan -- 1. Cosmopolitan Possibilities in Translation: Views from the Russo-Japanese War -- 2. Mussolini in Japan: Japanese Representations in the Age of Fascism -- 3. Little Italy, Big Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Displacement among Italian Writers in Japan -- 4. Madama Butterfly Revised -- Postscript -- Index
This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan's relations with the West.
1789625173 9781789625172
22573/ctvzqpm1p JSTOR
Travelers' writings, Italian--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Italian.
Civilization--Japanese influences.
Civilization--Italian influences.
Travel.
Travelers' writings, Italian.
Japan--Description and travel.
Italy--Civilization--Japanese influences.
Japan--Civilization--Italian influences.
Italy.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ4054.J3 / M67 2020
850.93252
Searching for Japan : twentieth-century Italy's fascination with Japanese culture / Michele Monserrati. - 1 online resource - Transnational Italian cultures ; 3 . - Transnational Italian cultures ; 3. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Searching for Japan -- 1. Cosmopolitan Possibilities in Translation: Views from the Russo-Japanese War -- 2. Mussolini in Japan: Japanese Representations in the Age of Fascism -- 3. Little Italy, Big Japan: Patterns of Continuity and Displacement among Italian Writers in Japan -- 4. Madama Butterfly Revised -- Postscript -- Index
This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan's relations with the West.
1789625173 9781789625172
22573/ctvzqpm1p JSTOR
Travelers' writings, Italian--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Italian.
Civilization--Japanese influences.
Civilization--Italian influences.
Travel.
Travelers' writings, Italian.
Japan--Description and travel.
Italy--Civilization--Japanese influences.
Japan--Civilization--Italian influences.
Italy.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PQ4054.J3 / M67 2020
850.93252