Japanese Tales From Times Past - Stories of Fantasy and Folklore From the Konjaku Monogatari-Shu tr by Naoshi Koriyama & Bruce Allen - With a fw by Karen Thornber.pdf

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JAPANESE TALES
from TIMES PAST
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Naoshi Koriyama
was born on Kikai Island in Japan’s Amami islands in 1926. He studied at the
University of New Mexico and the State University of New York at Albany. He taught at Toyo
University in Tokyo from 1961–1997 and is professor emeritus. His publications include
Like
Underground Water: The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan, co-translated with Edward Lueders
(Copper Canyon Press, 1995); Poesie (Forum/ Quinta Generazione, Italy, 1990); and numerous
other books of verse. A talented dancer, he enjoys demonstrating his Amami dance at international
poetry meetings.
Bruce Allen
was born and grew up in the Boston area. In 1983 he moved to Tokyo where he has
lived ever since. He holds degrees from Amherst College and Sophia University. He is Professor in
the Department of English Language and Literature at Seisen University in Tokyo, where he teaches
courses in translation and environmental literature. His research interests are in translation,
environmental literature, and ecocriticism. He has concentrated particularly on the work of Japanese
writer Ishimure Michiko and has translated several of her works, including her novel
Lake of Heaven
(Lexington Books, 2008).
Karen Thornber
is Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and
Civilizations at Harvard University. Her research and teaching focus on comparative and world
literatures, the literatures and cultures of East Asia and the Indian Ocean Rim, translation, and the
environmental and medical humanities. Her books include
Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese,
Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature
(Harvard, 2009) and
Ecoambiguity:
Environmental Crises and East Asian Literatures (Michigan, 2012).
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