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Washburn came to Harvard in September partly toreplace Hibbett...
...unclear which post Iwasaki was underconsideration for. Graduate students saidyesterday that University of Washington professorJay A. Rubin, who served as Reischauer visitingprofessor of Japanese studies in 1990-91, wouldlikely be tapped for the Hibbett replacement, andthat Iwasaki would fill the Takashima chair...
...been strongly influenced by the disruptive fantasies of Norman Mailer and Henry Miller. Oe writes about themes as disparate as nuclear catastrophe (Hiroshima Notes) and brain-damaged children (A Personal Matter) in a manner that Howard Hibbett, Harvard professor of Japanese literature, considers "the most exciting and most imaginative of the postwar novelists...
...Whether those volumes make their way into foreign mainstreams remains to be seen, read and discussed. What is certain is that Japanese literature, which has earned only one Nobel Prize and to a large extent is still the region of specialists, at last seems ready for international competition. Says Hibbett: "The language has kept Japan fenced off longer than other countries. But old rules no longer apply. In literature there is no culture gap any more." -By Stefan Kanfer. Reported...
Howard S. Hibbett...