Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist: An Intellectual Portrait

by Andrew Rankin

Book Overview

Half a century after his shocking samurai-style suicide, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) remains a deeply controversial figure. Though his writings and life-story continue to fascinate readers around the world, Mishima has often been scorned by scholars, who view him as a frivolous figure whose work expresses little more than his own morbid personality.

In Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist, Andrew Rankin sets out to challenge this perception by demonstrating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082488308X
• ISBN13: 9780824883089
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"