1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792015703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Md.], : Lexington Books, 2010

ISBN

0-7391-3868-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

New studies of modern Japan

Altri autori (Persone)

DorseyJames <1961->

SlaymakerDouglas

Disciplina

895.6/84409

Soggetti

War and literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

Literary Mischief brings renewed focus to the work of Sakaguchi Ango one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of postwar Japan. The essays and translations included get at the heart of the most volatile issues of culture, ideology, and philosophy of postwar Japan.