02522nam 2200553 450 991080705030332120230803195955.01-78023-419-8(CKB)2670000000577004(EBL)1839951(SSID)ssj0001414119(PQKBManifestationID)11756034(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001414119(PQKBWorkID)11430941(PQKB)10370537(MiAaPQ)EBC1839951(Au-PeEL)EBL1839951(CaPaEBR)ebr10986776(CaONFJC)MIL663347(OCoLC)896635836(EXLCZ)99267000000057700420141127d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrYukio Mishima /Damian FlanaganLondon, United Kingdom :Reaktion Books,2014.1 online resource (258 p.)Reaktion Books - Critical LivesDescription based upon print version of record.1-78023-345-0 1-322-32065-9 Includes bibliographical references.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; AcknowledgementsThe 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 expReaktion Books - Critical LivesAuthors, Japanese20th centuryBiographyAuthors, Japanese895.635Flanagan Damian1677607MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807050303321Yukio Mishima4044651UNINA