Hermann Hesse and Japan by Cunningham, Neale; Price, Dorothy; Krishnan, Madhu; Atkin, Rhian;

A Study in Reciprocal Transcultural Reception

Series: Transnational Cultures; 4;

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Product details:

Edition number NED, New edition
Publisher Peter Lang
Date of Publication 1 January 2021

ISBN 9781789973686
Binding Hardback
No. of pages340 pages
Size 26x158x236 mm
Weight 583 g
Language English
Illustrations 10 Abb.

Short description:

Hermann Hesse once stated that his Japanese readers understood him best. This book examines his reception in Japan and of Japan in the context of a transcultural reception process. It analyses the different phases of Hesse's reception in Japan, the influence of Wilhelm Gundert as well as his epistolary exchange with his Japanese readers.

Long description:

Hermann Hesse once stated that his Japanese readers understood him best among all his readers worldwide - a little known fact among readers of Hesse in the West. This book examines Hesse's reception in Japan and of Japan in the context of a transcultural reception process. It traces the different phases of Hesse's reception in Japan and contextualises this reception in terms of the regional setting of East Asia and the cultural authority of imperial Japan. The role of transcultural mediators as figurative nodes in the world literature system is analysed, with a particular focus on the key role played by Hesse's «Japanese» cousin, Wilhelm Gundert. Finally, Hesse's epistolary exchange with his Japanese readers is unfolded to show how deep affinities arise, which result in the creation of a type of «spiritual» capital. This epistolary exchange, together with the translation of the Zen bible Pi Yen Lu by Wilhelm Gundert, inspired Hesse to write a series of three unique Zen-poems as a means of expressing a lifelong search for transcendence.

Contents: Wilhelm Gundert: Hermann Hesse's «Japanese» Cousin. His Influence and Mediation - The Reception of Hermann Hesse in Japan: Imperial and Domestic Gateway - Hesse in Transcultural Dialogue with His Japanese Readers - Hesse's Zen- Poems: Beyond Das Glasperlenspiel to the Transcultural «Essence».

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