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Mark Twain in Japan [electronic resource] : the cultural reception of an American icon / Tsuyoshi Ishihara.

By: Ishihara, Tsuyoshi, 1971-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Mark Twain and his circle series: Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2005Description: xix, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Appreciation -- Japan | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Translations into Japanese -- History and criticism | American literature -- Appreciation -- Japan | Japanese literature -- American influences | Books and reading -- Japan -- History | Criticism -- Japan -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 818/.409 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "Explores the history of Mark Twain's reception in Japan in the spheres of books, children's magazines, and anime, the impact of Japanese translations on Twain's public image, how Japanese culture has transformed Japanese versions of Twain's works, and how Japan is culturally influenced by America and America by Japan"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Explores the history of Mark Twain's reception in Japan in the spheres of books, children's magazines, and anime, the impact of Japanese translations on Twain's public image, how Japanese culture has transformed Japanese versions of Twain's works, and how Japan is culturally influenced by America and America by Japan"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.