Akutagawa and Dazai

Akutagawa and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation James O’Brien

James O’Brien’s work contains translations of three short stories by Dazai Osamu – “Hear my Plea”, “Melos, Run!” and “Crackling Mountain” – as well as the following short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke: “The Clown’s Mask”, “The Immortal”, “Rasho Gate”, “Hell Screen”, “Within a Grove”, and “The Shadow.” The introduction interprets the short stories by these two twentieth-century Japanese authors and outlines the nature of literary adaptation in their work.

This was one of the works from the collection of the Arizona State University Center for Asian Studies, published with their permission and cooperation.