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Literary mischief Sakaguchi Ango, culture, and the war / [electronic resource] : edited by James Dorsey and Doug Slaymaker ; translations by James Dorsey. - Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2010. - xi, 201 p. - New studies of modern Japan .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Essays. Introduction: the scribbler and the sage / James Dorsey -- The irrational will to reason: the praxis of Sakaguchi Ango / Karatani Kojin -- Paradox at play: Ango as Japanese humanist / Ogino Anna -- Kataru koto nashi: a brief tour of Ango's native place / Robert Steen -- Sakaguchi Ango's individual cult(ure) / Doug Slaymaker -- The art of war: Sakaguchi Ango's "Pearls" and the nature of literary resistance / James Dorsey -- Works by Sakaguchi Ango. 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).


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780739138687 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Sakaguchi, Ango, 1906-1955 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War and literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PL838.A5 / Z68 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 895.6/84409