Joel M Cohn

The Nuts and Bolts of the Fair Labor Standards Act - What Human Resource Executives Needs to Know for 2011

In The Nuts and Bolts of the Fair Labor Standards Act, ExecSense provides human resource executives with both a comprehensive overview of the statutory framework and a practical understanding of the hottest FLSA regulatory, enforcement, and litigation issues they need to know about for 2011. Take th...

Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Unlike traditional Japanese literature, which has a rich tradition of comedy, modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with a high seriousness of purpose. In this path-breaking study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers—Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993), Dazai Osamu (1909-1948), and Inoue ...

Botchan: A Modern Classic

Botchan, like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, is a classic of its kind, a sly, funny, poignant tale about a young mans rebellion against the system. Since its original publication 100 years ago, it has enjoyed a timeless popularity among Japanese readers both young and ...

Otogizoshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu

Dazai Osamu wrote The Fairy Tale Book (Otogizoshi) in the last months of the Pacific War. The traditional tales upon which Dazai's retellings are based are well known to every Japanese schoolchild, but this is no children's book. In Dazai's hands such stock characters as the kindhearted Oji-san to O...

Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction