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CONTENTS v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 8 Ògai, Kafû, and the Limits of Fiction CHAPTER 2 34 Maupassant and Amerika monogatari CHAPTER 3 54 Udekurabe: The Demimonde East and West CHAPTER 4 92 Frustrated Form: Narrative Subversion in Okamezasa CHAPTER 5 115 Bokutò kidan: A “Strange Tale” and the Self-Conscious Modern NOTES 155 BIBLIOGRAPHY 181 INDEX 189 ...

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