{"product_id":"critical-failures-miyabi-goto-9781501785672","title":"Critical Failures: Modern Japan and the Possibility of Reading Otherwise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Failures \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erevisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan's early experiments with modern criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e In the Meiji era, young intellectuals posited that mastering the art of critical reading--called \u003ci\u003ehihyō\u003c\/i\u003e--was essential for Japan's advancement on the world stage. Yet, while they made concerted efforts to theorize \u003ci\u003ehihyō\u003c\/i\u003e and proposed ambitious ideals, their actual reading practice often fell short of what they set out to accomplish. Miyabi Goto argues that this gap between theory and practice--\u003ci\u003ehihyō\u003c\/i\u003e's failure--opened unexpected pathways for what critical reading could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid case studies of spirited debates about how to engage with literature, Goto traces the ways in which these early critics navigated new print spaces and forged discourses that were unruly, anarchic, and generative precisely when they failed to meet \u003ci\u003ehihyō\u003c\/i\u003e's ideals. \u003ci\u003eCritical Failures\u003c\/i\u003e combines close reading with intellectual and media history to recast failure as a fertile ground for rethinking critique itself. In so doing, this study offers today's readers an invitation to reflect on our own critical habits and the possibility of an unprescribed mode of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miyabi Goto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501785672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501785672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell East Asia Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Miyabi Goto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610932461823,"sku":"9781501785672","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef3cb20b-e90d-4e5b-92d0-8046c120cf94.jpg?v=1764510647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-failures-miyabi-goto-9781501785672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}