Purloined Letters: Cultural Borrowing and Japanese Crime Literature, 1868-1937

52.68 GBP

Trace the subtle flow of foreign detective ideas into Japan’s early crime novels, revealing how borrowed motifs were reshaped to fit local narratives and cultural contexts in this 224‑page study.

Brand: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824831888
Category Literary studies: general
ISBN 9780824831882
Pages 224 pages