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Subjects: Africana Studies, Art, Classics, East Asian Languages and Literatures, East Asian Studies, French, German, History, Italian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Literature in Translation, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Middle East & South Asian Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Russian Area Studies, Spanish
Physical Course Reserves
Several course texts are available on physical reserve in Leyburn Library.
What does that mean?
Physical reserve books are held behind Leyburn's Information Desk and have abbreviated checkout periods--often 2, 4, or 24 hours.
How do I use these materials?
- Walk up to Leyburn Library's Information Desk.
- Ask the staff member at the Information Desk to retrieve a specific item from LIT 222's course reserve--remember to give them the full item title.
- The staff member will check out the item to you for an abbreviated period of time.
Review LIT 222's physical course reserves.
Finding Books in the Library Catalog
Looking for books on animals in Japanese art?
- Try searching with the keywords: Japan AND art AND animal
Looking for books on manga?
- Try searching with the Library of Congress subject heading: Comic books, strips, etc -- Japan
Other interesting ebooks on Animals in Japanese Culture
Miyazawa Kenji and His Illustrators by
In Miyazawa Kenji and His Illustrators, Helen Kilpatrick examines re-visionings of the literature of one of Japan's most celebrated authors, Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). The deeply Buddhist Kenji's imaginative dōwa (children's tales) are among the most frequently illustrated in Japan today. Numerous internationally renowned artists such as Munakata Shikō, Kim Tschang-Yeul and Lee Ufan have represented his stories in an array of intriguing visual styles, reinvigorating them as picture books for modern audiences ...
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9004243070Publication Date: 2012
Pandemonium and Parade by
Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as yôkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media ...
Call Number: EbookISBN: 0520942671Publication Date: 2008
Interlibrary Loan
The Library can't own or subscribe to every piece of research ever created...that's why we have interlibrary loan!
If you need to use an article or book not in the library's collection, place an interlibrary loan request. The University Library can borrow materials from libraries across the globe.