Download or read book Refining Nature in Modern Japanese Literature written by Nanyan Guo and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deepens our understanding of the dynamics between nature and culture in Japanese thought and feeling. The author provides a detailed study of Shiga Naoya’s nature-inspired literature as an example of Japanese people’s engagement with nature.