Lafcadio Hearn—The Master of the Japanese Ghost Story
About this episode
This episode explores the legacy of Lafcadio Hearn and his ghost story The Peony Lantern, along with its adaptations.
In this episode, we explore the enduring legacy of Greek/English/Irish/American/Japanese author Lafcadio Hearn and the ghost story The Peony Lantern. We'll start out by looking at Hearn's life. We'll discuss the long history of the story Boton Doro, more commonly known as The Peony Lantern, including its most famous incarnation under Hearn's pen. And then we'll look at two modern adaptations of the story by Aoko Matsuda and Kyoko Nakajima. Notes and sources on the episode page. Transcript ava...
People in this episode
Host: Alison Fincher
Topics covered
- Lafcadio Hearn
- Japanese ghost stories
- The Peony Lantern
- literary adaptations
- cultural legacy
Keywords
- Lafcadio Hearn
- ghost stories
- The Peony Lantern
- Boton Doro
- Aoko Matsuda
- Kyoko Nakajima
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Peony Lantern, Boton Doro
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