TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seidensticker,E.
AU  - Nagai,K.
TI  - Kafū the Scribbler: the life and writings of Nagai Kafū, 1879-1959 
SN  - 9780939512461
AV  - DUCE PL812.A4Z88 
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Ann Arbor, Mich.
PB  - Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
KW  - Japan
KW  - Literary collections
KW  - In literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references  and index
N2  - “In this book Edward Seidensticker presents a unique combination of biography and literary criticism by skillfully interweaving details of the life of Nagai Kafū with studies of his writing. With quotations of from Kafū’s fiction and nonfiction alike, Seidensticker is able to reconstruct many incidents in the author’s life which had previously been little understood. The latter half of the book is given over to translations of short stories and to selections from two novels and a journal. Seidensticker has thoughtfully given cross references to the material in both parts of the book which enable the reader to handle this wealth of material with some dexterity
ER  -