02635nam 2200565 a 450 991046536920332120200520144314.00-7391-3868-5(CKB)2560000000102637(EBL)1224652(OCoLC)851972503(SSID)ssj0000891880(PQKBManifestationID)11478798(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000891880(PQKBWorkID)10893060(PQKB)11272743(MiAaPQ)EBC1224652(Au-PeEL)EBL1224652(CaPaEBR)ebr10720166(CaONFJC)MIL495426(EXLCZ)99256000000010263720100126d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiterary mischief[electronic resource] Sakaguchi Ango, culture, and the war /edited by James Dorsey and Doug Slaymaker ; translations by James DorseyLanham [Md.] Lexington Books20101 online resource (214 p.)New studies of modern JapanDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-3866-9 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).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.New Studies of Modern JapanWar and literatureElectronic books.War and literature.895.6/84409Dorsey James1961-1039907Slaymaker Douglas938401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465369203321Literary mischief2462388UNINA