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折口信夫論 (批評空間叢書 7)

Mishima Yukio Award

折口信夫論 (批評空間叢書 7)

Toshiki Matsuura

A Study of Shinobu Orikuchi is a work of literary criticism by Hisaki Matsuura. Reading Orikuchi's works and language through themes including marebito, the imperial system, eros, and death, it explores the expressive space distinctive to those texts. It received the 9th Mishima Yukio Prize.

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Work Information

A critical study that stays close to Orikuchi's language and develops its terms from within the works.

Rather than a biographical study, A Study of Shinobu Orikuchi is criticism grounded in close readings of Orikuchi's works. Ohta Publishing issued it in 1995; Chikuma Shobo later published an expanded edition with an additional essay.

Book Information

Publisher
太田出版
Published
1995-06-01
Pages
209 pages
Language
日本語
ISBN-13
9784872332247
ISBN-10
4872332245
Price
3000 JPY
Category
本/人文・思想/文化人類学・民俗学/文化人類学一般

第9回(1996年) 三島由紀夫賞受賞

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