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A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn

Paul A. Murray

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Description:Award winning (Koizumi Yakumo Literary Prize, Japan, 1995), definitive biography of (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), the writer of Greek-Irish parentage who thrilled and scandalised America both with his life and writings in the 1870s and 1880s, before spending two years in the French West Indies (1888-90) and, finally, reaching Japan in 1890 where he would spend the rest of his life. In Japan he would personal happiness in marriage, become its greatest-ever interpreter to the West and translate its horror (Kwaidan) tradition in immortal fashion. Reviews of A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn “Paul Murray’s new book sets out to reinterpret Hearn in line with his findings. The result is less myth and more man.. . .This reinterpretation is valuable...[as is] the very sane evaluation of the Hearn here uncovered. . . Donald Richie, The Japan Times, 25 January 1994. “It is hard to pick up a biography that shows as much respect for its subject’s character as this one does. . .One of Mr Murray’s important themes is that Hearn’s strange life helped make him free from prejudice in explaining Japan, by comparison with the zealous Christian missionaries and European-minded professors writing about the country at the time - and many commentators since. . .” William Dawkins, The Financial Times, 15 March 1994 “Paul Murray...his turned his cultural diplomacy into a fascinating book about an unfairly neglected writer. . .” Murray Sayle, The Mail on Sunday, 2 January 1994 “Paul Murray's exhaustively researched biography. . .depicts a curiously contradictory man. . .I can think of no other book which retraces Hearn's steps in such depth and with such enthusiasm.” John McLeod, Insight Japan, Vol 3, No 1, June 1994 “A fascinating and scholarly study of the life and times of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn...the book....is already receiving widespread acclaim...” Evening Press, Dublin, 14 December 1993 “And he [Paul Murray] tells the story of Hearn with enough intelligence, fluidity and perception for it to rise to the challenge of moving beyond fact into metaphor... This awareness of Hearn’s significance as an interstitial figure, as a man who was never one thing nor the other, makes Murray’s exploration of his life and work an exemplary exercise in judgment.” Fintan O’Toole, Catholic Herald, 31 December 1993 “It is the first definitive study which will be the essential starting point of Hearn studies for many years to come.” Richard Ryan, Irish Independent, 26 February 1994 “. . .Murray’s account of the writing is as astute as his account of the life. . .Paul Murray’s excellent biography teaches us what Yone Noguchi meant when he wrote of Hearn in 1910: “We Japanese have been regenerated by his sudden magic...” Sean Dunne, The Irish Times, 5 February 1994 “Paul Murray tries to redress the imbalance [of portraying Hearn as a one-dimensional neurotic] by revealing a multifaceted character who gave the world some of the most enduring insights into Japan that have ever appeared.” Geoffrey Murray, Intersect, July 1994. “Murray is at his best when writing of the 14 Japanese years, during which Hearn immersed himself in a wholly alien tradition and eventually become one of the two or three greatest Western interpreters...Murray is no less good in his final chapter, on the events which followed Hearn’s death...Murray has...a striking number of insights. . .” Francis King, The Spectator, 1 January 1994 “A substantial study of a writer who excited much interest in America and elsewhere earlier in this century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn. To get started finding A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Award winning (Koizumi Yakumo Literary Prize, Japan, 1995), definitive biography of (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), the writer of Greek-Irish parentage who thrilled and scandalised America both with his life and writings in the 1870s and 1880s, before spending two years in the French West Indies (1888-90) and, finally, reaching Japan in 1890 where he would spend the rest of his life. In Japan he would personal happiness in marriage, become its greatest-ever interpreter to the West and translate its horror (Kwaidan) tradition in immortal fashion. Reviews of A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn “Paul Murray’s new book sets out to reinterpret Hearn in line with his findings. The result is less myth and more man.. . .This reinterpretation is valuable...[as is] the very sane evaluation of the Hearn here uncovered. . . Donald Richie, The Japan Times, 25 January 1994. “It is hard to pick up a biography that shows as much respect for its subject’s character as this one does. . .One of Mr Murray’s important themes is that Hearn’s strange life helped make him free from prejudice in explaining Japan, by comparison with the zealous Christian missionaries and European-minded professors writing about the country at the time - and many commentators since. . .” William Dawkins, The Financial Times, 15 March 1994 “Paul Murray...his turned his cultural diplomacy into a fascinating book about an unfairly neglected writer. . .” Murray Sayle, The Mail on Sunday, 2 January 1994 “Paul Murray's exhaustively researched biography. . .depicts a curiously contradictory man. . .I can think of no other book which retraces Hearn's steps in such depth and with such enthusiasm.” John McLeod, Insight Japan, Vol 3, No 1, June 1994 “A fascinating and scholarly study of the life and times of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn...the book....is already receiving widespread acclaim...” Evening Press, Dublin, 14 December 1993 “And he [Paul Murray] tells the story of Hearn with enough intelligence, fluidity and perception for it to rise to the challenge of moving beyond fact into metaphor... This awareness of Hearn’s significance as an interstitial figure, as a man who was never one thing nor the other, makes Murray’s exploration of his life and work an exemplary exercise in judgment.” Fintan O’Toole, Catholic Herald, 31 December 1993 “It is the first definitive study which will be the essential starting point of Hearn studies for many years to come.” Richard Ryan, Irish Independent, 26 February 1994 “. . .Murray’s account of the writing is as astute as his account of the life. . .Paul Murray’s excellent biography teaches us what Yone Noguchi meant when he wrote of Hearn in 1910: “We Japanese have been regenerated by his sudden magic...” Sean Dunne, The Irish Times, 5 February 1994 “Paul Murray tries to redress the imbalance [of portraying Hearn as a one-dimensional neurotic] by revealing a multifaceted character who gave the world some of the most enduring insights into Japan that have ever appeared.” Geoffrey Murray, Intersect, July 1994. “Murray is at his best when writing of the 14 Japanese years, during which Hearn immersed himself in a wholly alien tradition and eventually become one of the two or three greatest Western interpreters...Murray is no less good in his final chapter, on the events which followed Hearn’s death...Murray has...a striking number of insights. . .” Francis King, The Spectator, 1 January 1994 “A substantial study of a writer who excited much interest in America and elsewhere earlier in this century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn. To get started finding A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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