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Land of Volcanic Ash: A Play in Two Parts (Cornell University East Asia Papers, No. 40)
Sakae Kubo
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Description for Land of Volcanic Ash: A Play in Two Parts (Cornell University East Asia Papers, No. 40)
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Kubo Sakae's Land of Volcanic Ash (Kazanbaichi) is recognized as the major socialist realist drama of pre-war Japan. The play, which describes the struggles of a reform-minded intellectual in the Hokkaido countryside, is based on events surrounding the famine of 1934. It has been described "not only as Kubo Sakae's most representative work, but as the finest realist drama of the pre-war period."
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780939657834
SKU
V9780939657834
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Ref
99-1
About Sakae Kubo
David Goodman (1946-2011) is the translator of After Apocalypse: Four Japanese Plays of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, editor of Five Plays by Kishida Kunio; and author of Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s. He was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reviews for Land of Volcanic Ash: A Play in Two Parts (Cornell University East Asia Papers, No. 40)
Land of Volcanic Ash makes a major contribution to our understanding of the nature and history of shingeki, its practitioners, major works and significance as an intellectual phenomenon.
Journal of Association of Teachers of Japanese
Kubo Sakae is among the most important modern Japanese playwrights, and Goodman has made him an open door for Western readers.
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Journal of Association of Teachers of Japanese
Kubo Sakae is among the most important modern Japanese playwrights, and Goodman has made him an open door for Western readers.
Journal ... Read more