The rise and fall of modern Japanese literature - Treat, John Whittier (Chicago London The University of Chicago Press, 2018)
Introduction: modern Japanese literary history -- Bird-chasing Omatsu -- Midori's choice -- Sōseki kills a cat -- Narcissus in taish? -- Imperial Japan's worst writer -- Creole Japan -- Beheaded emperors and absent figures -- Reading comics/writing graffiti -- Yoshimoto Banana in the kitchen -- Murakami Haruki and multiple personality -- Conclusion: Takahashi Gen'ichirō's disappearing future.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Japanese literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Japanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism