James Raeside
Biographic Data
| ID | 4222589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Raeside |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Raeside |
| SIGNATURE | RAESIDE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keio University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
This death in life: Leprosy in Mishima Yukios Rai l no terasu and beyond
This article focuses on Mishima Yukio's late play Rai l no terasu (The Terrace of the Leper King), concerning the construction of the Bayon temple at Angkor Wat by Jayavarman VII, rumoured to have been a leper. In Mishima's retelling, the king's leprosy grows with the raising of the temple, he becomes blind as it nears completion and dies just as the project is finally completed. The last scene of the play is a dialogue between the soul of the dy…
This is not hell, nor am I out of it: Noma Hiroshi'sWaga tō wa soko ni tatsu
This article explores some of the principal themes of Waga tō wa soko ni tatsu, a quasi‐autobiographical novel by the post‐war Japanese writer Noma Hiroshi. The story covers a few days in the life of Kaizuka Sōichi, a student at Kyoto University in the mid‐1930s, and centres on the internal struggles, both intellectual and emotional, of the hero. The opening chapter contains a battle of hells, in which Dante's The Divine Comedy is pitted against …
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This is not hell, nor am I out of it: Noma Hiroshi'sWaga tō wa soko ni tatsu
This article explores some of the principal themes of Waga tō wa soko ni tatsu, a quasi‐autobiographical novel by the post‐war Japanese writer Noma Hiroshi. The story covers a few days in the life of Kaizuka Sōichi, a student at Kyoto University in the mid‐1930s, and centres on the internal struggles, both intellectual and emotional, of the hero. The opening chapter contains a battle of hells, in which Dante's The Divine Comedy is pitted against …
This death in life: Leprosy in Mishima Yukios Rai l no terasu and beyond
This article focuses on Mishima Yukio's late play Rai l no terasu (The Terrace of the Leper King), concerning the construction of the Bayon temple at Angkor Wat by Jayavarman VII, rumoured to have been a leper. In Mishima's retelling, the king's leprosy grows with the raising of the temple, he becomes blind as it nears completion and dies just as the project is finally completed. The last scene of the play is a dialogue between the soul of the dy…
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