Yukio Mishima / / Damian Flanagan

• Autore: Flanagan Damian
• Pubblicazione: London, United Kingdom : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.635
• Soggetto topico: Authors, Japanese - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Yukio Mishima
• ISBN: 1-78023-419-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807050303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reaktion Books - Critical Lives