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Author:

Tomasi, Massimiliano, 1965- author.

Title:

The dilemma of faith in modern Japanese literature : metaphors of Christianity / Massimiliano Tomasi.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 204 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Japanese literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Japanese literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Japanese literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Christianity and literature--Japan.
Christianity in literature.
Christianity and literature.
Christianity in literature.
Japanese literature.
Japan.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Christianity and Modern Japanese Literature. The Conflict between Religion and Literature -- Narratives of Conversion. Kitamura Tokoku and the Celebration of the "Inner Life" -- Shimazaki Toson and the Discovery of the Self -- Kunikida Doppo: The Rejection of Self-Deception and the Paradox of Contrition -- Masamune Hakucho: The Fear of Death and the Cruelty of the Christian God -- Arishima Takeo: The Problem of Sin and of the Inevitability of Fate -- The Salvific Discourse of Akutagawa Ryunosuke: Early Exposure to Christianity -- A Christology of the Self: The Case of Mushanokoji Saneatsu -- The Appropriation of Christianity in Narrative: Kinoshita Naoe's Hi no hashira and Nagayo Yoshiro's Seido no kirisuto -- Epilogue: A Poetic Religion, Rife with Paradoxes.

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

ISBN:

0815378769
9780815378761

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031056630

LCCN:

2018000818

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)