The Return of the Gods

by David G. Goodman

First published in 1988 and now available in a photo-reprint paperback edition, this book provides an important perspective on the theatre, culture, and politics of Japan in the 1960s. It contains translations of five plays representative of the period, with analytical commentary by a leading authority on postwar Japanese drama. The author's central thesis is that the 1960 demonstrations against the renewal of the U.S.-Japan Mutual Security Treaty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885445164
• ISBN13: 9781885445162
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher