Abe The Frontier Within

Essays by Abe Kobo
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53509-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Weatherhead Books on Asia

Abe Kobo (1924–1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction and plays of the absurd. However, he also wrote theoretical criticism for which he is lesser known. Featuring twelve essays from his prolific career, this anthology introduces English-speaking readers to Abe Kobo as critic and intellectual for the first time. Richard F. Calichman provides an incisive introduction and situates his essays historically and intellectually.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abe, Kobo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Calichman, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"Poetry and Poets (Consciousness and the Unconscious)" (Shi to shijin [Ishiki to muishiki]) (1944)
"Theory and Practice in Literature" (Bungaku ni okeru riron to jissen) (1954)
"The Hand of a Calculator with the Heart of a Beast: What Is Literature?" (Moju no kokoro ni keisanki no te wo: Bungaku to ha nanika) (1955)
"Discovering America" (Amerika hakken) (1957)
"Does the Visual Image Destroy the Walls of Language?" (Eizo ha gengo no kabe wo hakai suru ka) (1960)
"Artistic Revolution: Theory of the Art Movement" (Geijutsu no kakumei: Geijutsu undo no riron) (1960)
"Possibilities for Education Today: On the Essence of Human Existence" (Gendai ni okeru kyoiku no kanosei: Ningen sonzai no honshitsu ni furete) (1965)
"Beyond the Neighbor" (Rinjin wo koeru mono) (1966)
"The Military Look" (Miritari rukku) (1968)
"Passport of Heresy" (Itan no pasupoto) (1968)
"The Frontier Within" (Uchi naru henkyo) (1968)
"The Frontier Within, Part II" (Zoku: Uchi naru henkyo) (1969)
Notes
Glossary
Index of Names

Über Autor(innen)

Richard F. Calichman is professor of Japanese studies at the City College of New York, CUNY. His Columbia University Press books include Overcoming Modernity: Cultural Identity in Wartime Japan (2008); Contemporary Japanese Thought (2005); and What is Modernity? Writings of Takeuchi Yoshimi (2005).