Masaki Mori is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Georgia.

"Comparing Keats's and Miyazawa's works, the author has skillfully presented the notion of transitional epics. This book tells us the necessity of epics of peace (rather than of war) at the end of the twentieth century." — Reiko Tachibana Nemoto, The Pennsylvania State University

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes on the TextI. Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic1. Theories of the Epic: A Brief Historical Overview2. Epic Grandeur: A Thematic Approach to the Epic3. The Transformation of Traditional EpicII. The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad: Two Cases of Transitional Epics4. The Cultural and Historical Background of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad5. The Epic Nature of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad6. The Self-Consciousness of Transitional EpicNotesJapanese Words in the Text Select BibliographyIndex

Masaki Mori is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Georgia.

"Comparing Keats's and Miyazawa's works, the author has skillfully presented the notion of transitional epics. This book tells us the necessity of epics of peace (rather than of war) at the end of the twentieth century." — Reiko Tachibana Nemoto, The Pennsylvania State University

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes on the TextI. Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic1. Theories of the Epic: A Brief Historical Overview2. Epic Grandeur: A Thematic Approach to the Epic3. The Transformation of Traditional EpicII. The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad: Two Cases of Transitional Epics4. The Cultural and Historical Background of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad5. The Epic Nature of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad6. The Self-Consciousness of Transitional EpicNotesJapanese Words in the Text Select BibliographyIndex

Masaki Mori is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at The University of Georgia.

"Comparing Keats's and Miyazawa's works, the author has skillfully presented the notion of transitional epics. This book tells us the necessity of epics of peace (rather than of war) at the end of the twentieth century." — Reiko Tachibana Nemoto, The Pennsylvania State University

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes on the TextI. Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic1. Theories of the Epic: A Brief Historical Overview2. Epic Grandeur: A Thematic Approach to the Epic3. The Transformation of Traditional EpicII. The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad: Two Cases of Transitional Epics4. The Cultural and Historical Background of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad5. The Epic Nature of The Fall of Hyperion and A Night on the Galaxy Railroad6. The Self-Consciousness of Transitional EpicNotesJapanese Words in the Text Select BibliographyIndex