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()(1.In the years after the Civil War, the United States, searching for its philosophical moorings, looked toLOld JapanL for balance and perspective. Japan, meanwhile, trying to reinvent itself as a modern state, was open to foreign influence for the first time. LThe Great WaveLis the beautifully rendered story of the cultural reciprocity that arose between the two nations, a story that includes such larger-than-life personalities as herman Melville, adventurer Mabel Loomis Todd, President (and judo enthusiast) Theodore Roosevelt, and Kakuzo Okakura, author of the cult favoriteLThe Book of TeaL. 2.Christopher Benfey teaches literature at Mount Holyoke College, where he is codirector of the Weissman Center for Leadership. He writes for many magazines, includingLThe New RepublicL,LThe New York Times Book ReviewL, andLTravel & LeisureL, and for two years he was the regular art reviewer forLSlateL. Benfey is the author of LEmily Dickinson and the Problem of OthersL,LThe Double Life of Stephen CraneL,LDegas in New OrleansL,LThe Great WaveL,LA Summer of HummingbirdsL, and LRed Brick, Black Mountain, White ClayL. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife and two sons.) |
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