Abstract
Introduction: narratives of Japanese modernity Part I. The Novel and the Self as Master Signifiers: 1. The position of the Shosetsu: paradigm change and new literary discourse 2. Self, Christianity, and language: Genbun-itchi and concern for the self 3. The furor over the I-novel: the question of authenticity Part II. Rereading the I-Novel: 4. Love, sexuality, and nature: Tayama Katai's Quilt and Japanese naturalism 5. Shaping life, shaping the past: Shiga Naoya's narratives of recollection Part III. Traces of the Self: 6. Crossing boundaries: truth and fiction in Nagai Kafu's Strange Tale from East of the River 7. Allegories of modernity: parodic confession in Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's Fool's Love Epilogue: Tanizaki's speaking subject and creation of tradition Notes Bibliography Index.
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