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"The diplomat and Japanese and Korean scholar William George Aston (1841-1911) wrote several highly regarded publications, particularly on the Japanese language. This work is a chronological survey of Japanese literature from its early songs to the European-influenced works of the nineteenth century. It covers lyrics, poetry, prose and children's stories, and charts the major themes in the history of Japanese learning. At the time of publication in 1899, Japanese literature was little known to European readers, and Aston is careful to assume no prior knowledge of the subject, focusing instead on the most important works and writers, and providing contextual political and religious detail where necessary. His treatment of contemporary literature, and of works not typically discussed for their literary merit, was groundbreaking. The book as a whole remained unsurpassed for eighty years. Aston's introductory survey of traditional Japanese religion, Shinto (1907), is also reissued in this series."@en
"This complete reprint makes the rare original edition available to scholars, librarians, and laymen. It is a fascinating guide to Japanese literature. The periods reviewed by Professor Aston range from the ancient days, when Japan's history was just dawning, to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when all aspects of Japanese life were being transformed. No aspect of Japanese culture escapedmodification or change after Meiji, but Aston is concerned mainly with the profound literary heritage of Japan before Westernization."@en

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"Criticism, interpretation, etc"
"Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
"Literatura japońska"
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"History"@en

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"A History of Japanese literature"
"A History of Japanese literature"@en
"Littérature japonaise"
"A history of japanese literature"
"A history of Japanese literature : with an introd. to the new ed. by Terence Barrow"@en
"Istoriâ âponskoj literatury"
"Littérature Japonaise"
"Littérature japonaise : Par W.G. Aston. Traduction de Henry D. Davray"
"A history of Japanese Literature"
"Littèrature japonaise"
"A History of Japanese Literature"
"A history of Japanese literature : by W.G. Aston"@en
"A history of Japanese literature"@en
"A history of Japanese literature"
"History of Japanese Literature"@en
"A history of Japanese literature : printing"
"A History of Japanese literature, by W. G. Aston"
"History of Japanese literature"@en
"A history of Japanese literature : with an introduction to the new edition"

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