Sirens of the Western Shore: Westernesque Women and Translation in Modern Japanese Literature Book

Introduction 1

Part 1 Foreign Letters, the Vernacular, and Meiji Schoolgirls 23

1 Translation as Origin and the Originality of Translation 27

2 Meiji Schoolgirls in and as Language 49

Part 2 Tayama Katai and the Siren of Vernacular Letters 93

3 Portrait of the Naturalist as a Young Exote 97

4 Literary Desire and the Exotic Language of Love: From "Sh&obar;shijin" to Jaky&obar;shi 124

5 Haunting the Laboratory of Vernacular Style: The Sirens of "Sh&obar;joby?" and Futon 147

Part 3 Staging the New Woman: The Spectacular Embodiment of "Nature" in Translation 195

6 Setting the Stage for Translation 201

7 Gender Drag, Culture Drag, and Female Interiority 232

Final Reflections: Gender, Cultural Hierarchy, and Literary Style 267

Notes 275

Bibliography 303

Index 313