Abstract
The original form of the following essay was written in Japanese. In the process of translation, I made some stylistic changes so that the essay would be more readable to an English-speaking audience. I intended, however, to preserve the basic structure of the discussions as it unfolds in my book chapter, hoping to show the logic that usually characterizes Japanese writings and, to a certain extent, Japanese ecocriticism.
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Yuki, M. (2013). Toward a Language of Life. In: Estok, S.C., Kim, WC. (eds) East Asian Ecocriticisms. Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345363_2
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