The rhetoric of confession : Shishōsetsu in early twentieth-century Japanese fiction / / Edward Fowler

• Autore: Fowler Edward
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1988]; ©1988
• Edizione: Reprint 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxix, 333 p. )
• Disciplina: 895.63409
• Soggetto topico: Autobiographical fiction, Japanese - History and criticism; Japanese fiction - Taishō period, 1912-1926 - History and criticism
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 299-313.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: presentation and representation in the Shishōsetsu -- 1. Fictions and fabrications -- 2. Language and the illusion of presence -- 3. Shishōsetsu criticism and the myth of sincerity -- 4. Harbingers (I): Tōkoku, Doppo, Hōgetsu -- 5. Harbingers (II): Katai, Hōmei -- 6. The Bundan: readers, writers, critics -- 7. Chikamatsu Shūkō: the hero as fool -- 8. Shiga Naoya: the hero as sage -- 9. Kasai Zenzō: the hero as victim -- Epilogue: The shishōsetsu today -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rhetoric of confession
• ISBN: 0-520-91276-4; 0-585-13047-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495889703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II