Literary Mischief Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War

Name: Literary Mischief Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War
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ISBN: 9780739138663

ISBN-10: 0739138669

ISBN-13: 9780739138663

Edition: 2010

Authors: James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Doug Slaymaker

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List price: $114.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publication date: 4/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 214
Size: 6.55" wide x 9.39" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

James Dorsey is Associate Professor of Japanese at Dartmouth College.



Preface




Essays



Introduction: The Scribbler and the Sage




The Irrational Will to Reason: The Praxis of Sakaguchi Ango




Paradox at Play: Ango as Japanese Humanist




Kataru koto nashi: A Brief Tour of Ango's Native Place




Sakaguchi Ango's Individual Cult(ure)




The Art of War: Sakaguchi Ango's "Pearls" and the Nature of Literary Resistance




Works




A Personal View of Japanese Culture (Nihon bunka shikan, 1942)



Pearls (Shinju, 1942)



Discourse on Decadence (Darakuron, 1946)



Discourse on Decadence, Part II (Zoku darakuron, 1946)


Index