Escape from the Wasteland - Romanticism and Realism in the Fiction of Mishima Yukio and Oe Kenzaburo

In 'Escape from the Wasteland' Susan J. Napier examine their vivid and often perverse depiction's 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.

About the author

Susan J. Napier is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

Lurid depictions of sex and impotence, themes of emperor worship and violence, the use of realism and myth—these characterize the fiction of Mishima Yukio and Oe Kenzaburo. Napier discovers surprising similarities as well as provocative dissimilarities in the work of two writers of radically different political orientations.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Napier, Susan J. Napier
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.1996
• EAN: 9780674261815
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26181-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies