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...
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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
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Essays; 1. Introduction: The Scribbler and the Sage; 2. The Irrational will to Reason: The Praxis of Sakaguchi Ango; 3. Paradox at Play: Ango as Japanese Humanist; 4. Kataru koto nashi: A Brief Tour of Ango's Native Place; 5. Sakaguchi Ango's Individual Cult(ure); 6. The Art of War: Sakaguchi Ango's ""Pearls"" and the Nature of Literary Resistance; Part II: Works; 7. A Personal View of Japanese Culture (Nihon Bunka Shikan, 1942); 8. Pearls (Shinju, 1942); 9. Discourse on Decadence (Darakuron, 1946)
10. Discourse on Decadence, Part II (Zoku darakuron, 1946)Index