Publisher's Synopsis
The strength of the Hearn studies tradition in Japanese has never been in doubt; in the West, the merits of Lafcadio Hearn's contributions as a writer, thinker and interpreter of Japan have rarely received the accolade of original scholarly research or indeed a place anywhere in the pantheon of received wisdom - mostly being confined to the status of failed Victorian romantic.;Following on from the publication (1993) of Murray's new biography, this collection of highly focused recent scholarly writings on Hearn from both Japan and the West, provides a depth of analysis hitherto unrivalled in the English language.;The contributors include: Yoko Makino, Sukehiro Hirakawa, Naoko Sugiyama, Hiromi Kawashima, Yuzo Ota, Masaru Toda, George Hughes, Earl Miner, Louis Allen and Paul Murray.
