Purloined letters cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature, 1868-1937 / [electronic resource] :
Mark Silver.
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʼi Press, c2008.
- xiii, 217 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.
Cultural borrowing and Japanese crime literature -- Affirmations of authority: premodern and early Meiji crime literature -- Borrowing the detective novel: Kuroiwa Ruikō and the uses of translation -- Arresting change: Okamoto Kidō's stories of nostalgic remembrance -- Anxieties of influence: Edogawa Ranpo's horrifying hybrids -- Coda: Cultural borrowing reconsidered.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Detective and mystery stories, Japanese--History and criticism. Japanese fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Japanese fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Japanese fiction--Western influences.