Literary Mischief

Sakaguchi Ango, Culture, and the War

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Nonfiction, History, Japan, Military, World War II
Cover of the book Literary Mischief by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky, Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky ISBN: 9780739138687
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: April 30, 2010
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780739138687
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: April 30, 2010
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of his life. Behind that life, and in the midst of those tumultuous times, Ango spoke with a cutting clarity. The essays and translations included in Literary Mischief probe some of the most volatile issues of culture, ideology, and philosophy of postwar Japan. Represented among the essayists are some of Japan's most important contemporary critics (e.g., Karatani K?jin and Ogino Anna). Many of Ango's works were produced during Japan's wars in China and the Pacific, a context in which words and ideas carried dire consequences for both writers and readers. All of the contributions to this volume consider this dimension of Ango's legacy, and it forms one of the thematic threads tying the volume together. The essays use Ango's writings to situate his accomplishment and contribute to our understanding of the potentials and limitations of radical thought in times of cultural nationalism, war, violence, and repression. This collection of essays and translations takes advantage of current interest in Sakaguchi Ango's work and makes available to the English-reading audience translations and critical work heretofore unavailable. As a result, the reader will come away with a coherent sense of Ango the individual and the writer, a critical apparatus for evaluating Ango, and access to new translations of key texts.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of his life. Behind that life, and in the midst of those tumultuous times, Ango spoke with a cutting clarity. The essays and translations included in Literary Mischief probe some of the most volatile issues of culture, ideology, and philosophy of postwar Japan. Represented among the essayists are some of Japan's most important contemporary critics (e.g., Karatani K?jin and Ogino Anna). Many of Ango's works were produced during Japan's wars in China and the Pacific, a context in which words and ideas carried dire consequences for both writers and readers. All of the contributions to this volume consider this dimension of Ango's legacy, and it forms one of the thematic threads tying the volume together. The essays use Ango's writings to situate his accomplishment and contribute to our understanding of the potentials and limitations of radical thought in times of cultural nationalism, war, violence, and repression. This collection of essays and translations takes advantage of current interest in Sakaguchi Ango's work and makes available to the English-reading audience translations and critical work heretofore unavailable. As a result, the reader will come away with a coherent sense of Ango the individual and the writer, a critical apparatus for evaluating Ango, and access to new translations of key texts.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book John Rawls and Christian Social Engagement by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Unraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Incarcerated Women by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Global Women Leaders by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Non-Violence by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky Meet Harold Innis by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Branding Latin America by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Britain's Unfulfilled Mandate for Palestine by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Corruption in the Contemporary World by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Recollecting Dante's Divine Comedy in the Novels of Mark Helprin by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Understanding Legitimacy by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Augustine and Philosophy by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Black Women, Work, and Welfare in the Age of Globalization by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
Cover of the book Communicative Understandings of Women's Leadership Development by James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker, Ogino Anna, Karatani Kojin, Robert Steen, Doug Slaymaker, University of Kentucky
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy