Suicidal Honor : General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bargen, Doris G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Natsume, Sōseki, > 1867-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mori, Ōgai, > 1862-1922 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nogi, Maresuke, > 1849-1912 > In literature.
Nogi, Maresuke, > 1849-1912.
Japanese literature > 1868- > History and criticism.
Suicide in literature.
Seppuku.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Following one's lord into death". Sacrifice and self-sacrifice ; The Japanese custom of junshi
  • Nogi in history. Nogi's life sentences ; The sword and the brush
  • Nogi in literature. Mori Ōgai's junshi stories. "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (first version): junshi postponed ; "Sahashi Jingorō": anything but seppuku ; "Okitsu Yagoemon no isho" (second version): a spectacle for the lord's successor ; "Abe ichizoku": the perplexities of permission ; Mori Ōgai's "Sakai jiken": rebellion and martyrdom ; Natsume Sōseki's Kokoro: living as though dead
  • Coda: last stands in ancient Rome and modern Japan.

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