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UNINA9910807050303321 |
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Autore |
Flanagan Damian |
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Titolo |
Yukio Mishima / / Damian Flanagan |
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London, United Kingdom : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Reaktion Books - Critical Lives |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, Japanese - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Yukio Mishima; Imprint Page; Contents; 1. Japan in the Age of Mishima; 2. Macrocosm and Microcosm; 3. A Mask Facing Inwards; 4. Sentenced to Live; 5. Mishima à la Mode; 6. Nihil; 7. Seas of Controversy; 8. The Faustian Pact; 9. Battle against Time; 10. Time and Mr Mishima; A Note on Japanese Names; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The most internationally acclaimed Japanese author of the twentieth century, Yukio Mishima (1925-70) was a prime candidate for the Nobel Prize. But the prolific author shocked the world in 1970 when he attempted a coup d'état that ended in his suicide by ritual disembowelment. In this radically new analysis of Mishima's extraordinary life, Damian Flanagan deviates from the stereotypical depiction of a right-wing nationalist and aesthete, presenting the author instead as a man in thrall to the modern world while also plagued by hidden neuroses and childhood trauma that pushed him toward his exp |
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