Rhetoric of Confession: Shishosetsu in Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction

Author/Contributor(s):	Fowler, Edward
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	03/23/1992
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century. Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts.