Coming Home to Modern Japan. An Orphic Dialogue between Japan and the West in Murakami Haruki’s Norwegian Wood
This article addresses the debate on the "Japanese identity" of Norwegian Wood, which — though popular — is often conducted in an intuitive fashion. I try to find a way out by looking more thoroughly into the Orphic legacy of the novel than has been done up to now by Japanese scholars. Fir...
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Language: | English |
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The International Academic Forum
2013-09-01
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Series: | IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship |
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Online Access: | https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-2-issue-2/article-2/ |