Truth from a lie : documentary, detection, and reflexivity in Abe Kobo's realist project /
This reassessment of some of the major fictional, dramatic, documentary, and critical texts in which Abe worked out his theory of realism in the 1950s and 1960s explores the ways in which the documentarian and the detective became important metaphors in Abe's realist project. It opens up new po...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
2011
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| Series: | New studies of modern Japan.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This reassessment of some of the major fictional, dramatic, documentary, and critical texts in which Abe worked out his theory of realism in the 1950s and 1960s explores the ways in which the documentarian and the detective became important metaphors in Abe's realist project. It opens up new possibilities for exploring ideas that Abe investigates in virtually all of his significant works: how we 'see, ' how we 'know, ' and how we ethically engage with alterity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299760287 9781299760288 9780739138779 0739138774 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
