Strange Marriages, Painted Skins, and Ghost Writers: Japanese Responses to Pu Songling from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

Title: Strange Marriages, Painted Skins, and Ghost Writers: Japanese Responses to Pu Songling from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century Speaker: William Fleming, UC Santa Barbara Abstract: Through an examination of Japanese translations, adaptations, and imitations of Pu Songling from four distinct historical eras spanning three centuries, this talk traces shifting attitudes not only toward this major author and his work, but toward fiction and translation more broadly. Speaker's Bio: William Fleming specializes in early modern Japanese literature. His primary research interests include eig