Paragons of the ordinary : the biographical literature of Mori Ōgai / Marvin Marcus. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Marvin, 1944-

Series:

SHAPS library of Asian studies

SHAPS library of Asian studies Paragons of the ordinary

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922--Knowledge--History.

Mori, Ōgai.

Biography as a literary form.

Japan--Biography.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 358 p. )

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Biographical Literature of Mori Ogai

1. Biography in the Japanese Literary Tradition

2. On Literary Journalism and Self-Referentiality

3. The Shiden of Mori Ogai: A Critical Overview

4. What Has Ogai Wrought? A Compendium of Shiden Topics and Themes

5. The Biographer and His Sources: On Documents, Informants, and the Literature of Fact

6. Mori Ogai and the Biographical Quest

7. A Genealogy of Exemplary Lives: Shibue Chusai and the Idealized Episode

8. A Miscellany of Biographical Anecdotes and Vignettes from Shibue Chusai and Izawa Ranken

9. Conclusion

Abbreviations Used in Citations

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-343) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8248-4032-1

0-585-34833-2

OCLC:

1322124350