UID:
almafu_9958072517102883
Format:
1 online resource (xxix, 333 p. )
Edition:
Reprint 2019
ISBN:
0-520-91276-4
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0-585-13047-7
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction: presentation and representation in the Shishōsetsu --
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1. Fictions and fabrications --
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2. Language and the illusion of presence --
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3. Shishōsetsu criticism and the myth of sincerity --
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4. Harbingers (I): Tōkoku, Doppo, Hōgetsu --
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5. Harbingers (II): Katai, Hōmei --
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6. The Bundan: readers, writers, critics --
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7. Chikamatsu Shūkō: the hero as fool --
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8. Shiga Naoya: the hero as sage --
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9. Kasai Zenzō: the hero as victim --
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Epilogue: The shishōsetsu today --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-07883-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-06064-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520912762
