CONTENTS

Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter

1. Under the Blue Sky of Iowa: Those Who Write in Their Own Language

2. From Par Avion to Via Air Mail: The Fall of French

3. People Around the World Writing in External Languages

4. The Birth of Japanese as a National Language

5. The Miracle of Modern Japanese Literature

6. English and National Languages in the Internet Age

7. The Future of National Languages

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index