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wrote that Peterson wishes to highlight intricacies in Japanese and "fiercely attacks translators' transgressions—real or imagined." According to Tsuruta, Petersen "goes out of her way to hunt for "hidden Japanese clues" and, of course, finds them."
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The initial chapter, which discusses Japanese literature in general, is called "contexts". Each subsequent chapter is about each of the three writers, so there are four total chapters.
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Cogan "highly recommended" the book, and argued that the book was "well researched and crisply written" as well as "useful and stimulating", with special praise for the portion about
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praised the "stimulating" reasoning in the book, and stated they would be the case even for people who disagree with Peterson's reasoning.
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who had not studied Japan academically to the degree they were in Japanese studies. It was not to discuss any critical theories.
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stated that the book may be useful for the general public while it may cause controversies among people specializing in Japan.
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The work itself refers to the writers' names in Japanese order, as Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Kawabata Yasunari, and Mishima Yukio.
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The author compares and contrasts Japanese works to Western ones. The chapters discuss imagery and symbolism.
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Tsuruta criticized the author for having a "less than ideal" understanding of the
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referred to the work as "a perceptive and critical guide to" these translations.
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is a 1979 non-fiction book by Gwenn Boardman Petersen, published by
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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers
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University of Hawaii Press
Junichiro Tanizaki
Yasunari Kawabata
Yukio Mishima
Western countries
Honolulu, Hawaii
University of British Columbia
University of Illinois
Fukuoka University of Education
culture of Japan
"The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima"
World Literature Today
doi
10.2307/40135938
JSTOR
40135938
"THE MOON IN THE WATER. Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima. By Gwenn Boardman Petersen (Book Review)"
Pacific Affairs
doi
10.2307/2757563
JSTOR
2757563
"The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima"
Monumenta Nipponica
doi
10.2307/2384342
JSTOR
2384342
"The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima"
The Journal of Asian Studies

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