Literary mischief [electronic resource] : Sakaguchi Ango, culture, and the war / edited by James Dorsey and Doug Slaymaker ; translations by James Dorsey.

Contributor(s): Dorsey, James, 1961- | Slaymaker, Douglas | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: New studies of modern JapanPublication details: Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, 2010Description: xi, 201 pISBN: 9780739138687 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sakaguchi, Ango, 1906-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation | War and literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 895.6/84409 LOC classification: PL838.A5 | Z68 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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).
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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).

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