Yukio Mishima / Damian Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flanagan, Damian, author.

Series:

Reaktion Books - Critical Lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.

Mishima, Yukio.

Authors, Japanese--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Japanese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78023-419-8

OCLC:

896635836