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伊東静雄―戦時下の抒情

Ono Tozaburo Award

伊東静雄―戦時下の抒情

青木由弥子

A critical study that rereads Ito Shizuo’s wartime poetry in relation to its historical moment. It traces the tension between lyric poetry and the wartime order while bringing overlooked poems into view.

Ito Shizuowartimelyricismpoetic criticismmodern Japanese poetry

Work Information

A fresh reading of lyricism under wartime conditions.

A book published by Doyobi Shuppan Hanbai. It does not stop at Ito Shizuo’s existential lyricism; it also rereads the poems written during the Sino-Japanese War in relation to the pressures of the era, shedding light on aspects that have often been overlooked.

Review Summaries

  • Its perspective of rereading wartime poetry through its historical context feels fresh, giving Ito Shizuo’s lyricism a new outline. The book is received as a work that digs deeply into difficult-era poetry through both reflection and reinterpretation.

Book Information

Publisher
土曜美術社出版販売
Published
2023-03-12
Pages
404 pages
Size
1.85 x 1.3 x 2.3 cm
ISBN-13
9784812027431
ISBN-10
4812027438
Price
2200 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論

昭和10年代の日本に特異な光芒を放った伊東静雄。存在の根底を問う凛冽な抒情で知られるが、困難な時代に書き継がれた詩篇には、生と死の交錯の陰で小さきもの、かそけきものへの眼差しが深く刻印されている。没後70年、戦時下の抒情をあらためて問い直す。

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