<<The>> river imp and the stinky jewel and other tales monster comics from Edo Japan
"The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales is an annotated translation of five monster-themed kusazōshi from the late Edo period (1603-1867). Kusazōshi is a genre of popular fiction that combines text and illustration on each page, much like present-day manga; the books were published...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2023
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Kusazōshi / Translations into English
> Comic books, strips, etc / Japan / Translations into English
> Japanese fiction / Edo period, 1600-1868 / Translations into English
> Kusazōshi / History and criticism
> Comic books, strips, etc / Japan / History and criticism
> Japanese fiction / Edo period, 1600-1868 / History and criticism
> Monster comics
> Humorous comics
> Literary criticism
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales is an annotated translation of five monster-themed kusazōshi from the late Edo period (1603-1867). Kusazōshi is a genre of popular fiction that combines text and illustration on each page, much like present-day manga; the books were published in the city of Edo beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing into the late nineteenth. While kusazōshi went through radical changes in form and content over the years, stories centering on monsters (yōkai or bakemono) were perennial favorites. The stories for translation have been chosen with an English-reading audience in mind. The humor in which role-reversing monsters act like humans even as they maintain their love of the grotesque is universally recognizable; the comic-book illustrations are fun and provide easy access to the written text"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | xl, 419 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780231209724 9780231209731 |