Critical failures : modern Japan and the possibility of reading otherwise / Miyabi Goto.

Author/creator Goto, Miyabi, 1981- author.
Format Book
PublicationIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2026.
Copyright Date©2026
Descriptionxi, 244 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Variant title Modern Japan and the possibility of reading otherwise
SeriesCornell East Asia series ; 226
Cornell East Asia series ; 226. ^A629853
Contents Introduction: That which is casually called criticism -- Part I: Discourses of critical reading -- The age of Hihyō -- Critical reading, creative production -- Part II: Practices of critical reading -- On dividing: The "literature and nature" debate -- Knowing the dancer from the dance: The "dancing girl" debate -- Against interpretation: The submerged-ideal debate -- The community of no referent: The interrelation-with-life debate -- Conclusion: Failing well.
Abstract "In Critical Failures, Miyabi Goto examines the rise of hihyō, a practice of critical reading, in Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912). Though widely considered a failure, Goto argues that hihyō cultivated multiple creative paths into which critical reading might proceed"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Goto, Miyabi, 1981- Critical failures Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2026 9781501785689
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2025019125
ISBN9781501785665 hardcover
ISBN1501785664 hardcover
ISBN9781501785672 paperback
ISBN1501785672 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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