This extraordinary one-volume guide to the modern literatures of China, Japan, and Korea is the definitive reference work on the subject in the English language. With more than one hundred articles that show how a host of authors and literary movements have contributed to the general literary development of their respective countries, this companion is an essential starting point for the study of East Asian literatures. Comprehensive thematic essays introduce each geographical section with historical overviews and surveys of persistent themes in the literature examined, including natio.;Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part I: General Introduction -- 1. The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature -- 2. Modern Literature in East Asia: An Overview -- Part II: Japan -- Thematic Essays -- 3. Historical Overview -- 4. The Problem of the Modern Subject -- 5. Nation and Nationalism -- 6. Gender, Family, and Sexualities in Modern Literature -- 7. The Social Organization of Modern Japanese Literature -- Authors, Works, Schools -- 8. Translated and Political Novels of the Meiji Period -- 9. Tsubouchi Shōyō and Futabatei Shimei.