Anri Yasuda
Demonstrates how major authors of the late Meiji and Taishō periods illuminated themes in modern Japanese society through exploring aesthetic sentiments.
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Jul 12, 2024 • 40min
Anri Yasuda, "Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Anri Yasuda discusses how major Japanese authors illuminated society through aesthetic sentiments from 1890-1930. They explored comparisons with visual arts, challenged representations in a changing world, and displayed ambivalence towards cosmopolitanism. Beauty and art enabled these authors to surpass 'literary' concerns.
