Be a Woman: Hayashi Fumiko and Modern Japanese Women's Literature - Joan E. Ericson - Google Books

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Joan Ericson's magnificent survey of writing by Japanese women significantly advances the current debate over the literary category of women's literature in modern Japan and demonstrates its significance in the life and work of twentieth-century…