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Rimer, John Thomas was born on March 2, 1933 in Pittsburgh. Son of John T. and Naomi (Bowser) Rimer.
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Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, structural principles, and development of pre-modem and modern Japanese fiction in a way that is comprehensive, methodical, and accessible to the general reader. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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(Widely acknowledged as the doyen of twentieth-century Jap...)
Widely acknowledged as the doyen of twentieth-century Japanese literature, fine art and the performing arts, as well as being renowned for his translations of Zeami and Mori Ogai. Collected Writings of J.Thomas Rimer brings together in whole or in part much of Rimer's prodigious output in these fields over the past forty years, including some of his milestone (fully illustrated) essays on Japanese Art, especially 'Tokyo in Paris/ Paris in Tokyo' (Japan Foundation, 1987).
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Rimer, John Thomas was born on March 2, 1933 in Pittsburgh. Son of John T. and Naomi (Bowser) Rimer.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1954; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1971.
Assistant cultural officer, United States Information Agency, Laos, Japan. then director American Cultural Center, Kobe, Japan., 1958-1967; associate professor, then professor Japanese language and literature, Washington University, St. Louis, 1973-1983; department chairman Chinese and Japanese, Washington University, St. Louis, 1973-1983; chief Asian division, Library of Congress, Washington, 1983-1986; chairman Hebrew and East Asian languages and literature, U. Maryland, College Park, 1986-1991; chairman East Asian languages and literature, U. Pittsburgh, since 1991. Member American advisory board Japan Foundation, since 1984.
(Presents a translation of the nine major treatises on the...)
( Thomas Rimer's book seeks to explain the background, st...)
( Long accustomed to writing in the tradition of the flam...)
(Widely acknowledged as the doyen of twentieth-century Jap...)
(Book by Rimer, J. Thomas, Addiss, Stephen, Suzuki, Hiroyuki)
(Book by Rimer, J. Thomas, Addiss, Stephen)
Served with United States Army, 1955-1958. Member Social Science Research Council (joint commission on Japan studies 1979-1983).
Married Laurence E. Museum, April 18, 1964. Children: John, Mark.