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うつしみ―この内なる自然

Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Award

うつしみ―この内なる自然

上田三四二

In this collection of criticism, poet and critic Miyoji Ueda reflects on life, death, the body, and humanity's relation to nature after confronting illness and surgery. Beginning with the felt experience of an individual life, he extends his thought to tanka and literature, developing a distinctive view of humanity within nature.

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Work Information

From the bodily experience of confronting illness, the book reconsiders life and death within nature.

Utsushimi: Kono Uchinaru Shizen is a collection of criticism in which Miyoji Ueda, drawing on his experience of illness, deepens his view of nature through the body and the limits of life. Bringing a tanka poet's sensibility into contact with critical thought, it seeks to understand life and death within nature's cycles. It won the criticism division of the 7th Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Award.

Book Information

Publisher
平凡社
Published
1978-11-01
Pages
236 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784582826333
ISBN-10
4582826334
Price
2000 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論

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Reviews

  • アマゾン最高

    おそらく人生に大きな影響を与える本に出合えました。これは静かな事件でした。

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