Author: MARCUS, Marvin.
Title: Paragons of the Ordinary. The Biographical Literature of Mori Ogai.
Description: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. An in-depth examination of a series of biographies of obscure scholar-literati written by Mori Ogai, one of Japan's most prominent writers & intellectuals. They form not only a great work of literature but a brilliant critique of Japanese society that had lost touch with its traditional values. ix, 358pp.

Keywords: literary literature japan japanese asian criticism analysis social society