The Rhetoric of Confession: <i>Shishosetsu</i> in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese FictionUniversity of California Press, 1988 - 333 pages The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts. |
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Contents
Fictions and Fabrications | 3 |
Language and the Illusion of Presence | 28 |
Shishōsetsu Criticism and the Myth | 43 |
Tōkoku Doppo Hōgetsu | 73 |
Katai Hōmei | 103 |
Readers Writers Critics | 128 |
The Hero as Fool | 149 |
The Hero as Sage | 187 |
The Hero as Victim | 248 |
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