Escape from the Wasteland Romanticism and Realism in the Fiction of Mishima Yukio and Oe Kenzaburo - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

Susan J. Napier

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Publisher's Synopsis

Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo and the ever-disturbing Mishima Yukio have explored twentieth-century Japanese alienation with an unsparing eye and savage humor. In Escape from the Wasteland, Susan J. Napier examines their vivid and often perverse depictions of sex, impotence, emperor worship, and violence. For new readers of Oe and Mishima, this is an indispensable guide. For critics and scholars, it is the benchmark study.

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Harvard University Asia Center

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Book information

ISBN:	9780674261815
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Harvard University Asia Center
Pub date:	01 Apr 1996
Language:	English
Weight:	408g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	23mm