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This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of Ulysses S. Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as oral performance, and an American melodrama redone as a serialized novel promoting the reform... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ulysses S. Grant: Add a description of this character.
- Harumi
- Lucian Gleyre
- Kanagaki Robun
- Tsubouchi Shôyô
- Shimizu
- Charles Reade
- Cuthbert
- Edgar Fawcett
- Enchô
- Cyril
- Edith
- Skinner
- David Dodd
- Jûjirô
- Alfred Hardie
- Ibumori
- Rishirô
- Julia
- Nina
- Maki
- Harold B. Lee
- L. Tom Perry
- Isa
- Nobuhiro
- Yoshiie
- Young
- Lincoln
- Black
- Vanbrugh
- Richard Hardie
- Iwakura
- Katsuharu
- Seijirô
- Maebashi
- Fukuchi
- Jôji Sumisu
First Sentence edit
As Edward Young so charmingly demonstrates above, originality has, at times, been held in higher critical esteem that imitation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- J. Scott Miller (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 895.6090042
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