My Friend Hitler

And Other Plays of Yukio Mishima

By: Columbia University Press

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Paperback | 1 November 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Though best known for his novels, Yukio Mishima published more than sixty plays, almost all of which were produced during his lifetime. Among them are kabuki plays and others inspired by No dramas--two types used in classical Japanese theater. Of play-writing Mishima once observed, "I started writing dramas just as water flows toward a lower place. In me, the topography of dramas seems to be situated far below that of novels. It seems to be in a place which is more instinctive, closer to child's play." For English readers, these plays have been one of Japan's best-kept secrets--until now.

In this anthology, Hiroaki Sato translates the brilliance and richness of Yukio Mishima's writing into the English language. He has selected five major plays and three essays on dramaturgy, providing informative introductions to guide the reader. Sato's translations offer a broad historical and personal context in which those new to Mishima's work can place his writing. For those more familiar with Mishima, these translations offer another medium in which one can access his ingenious work.

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Mishima is as comfortable with the Western genres of tragic, historical, and naturalistic domestic drama [as he is with] a Kabuki play. Booklist Mishima's brilliant plays are unknown outside Japan, something this scholarly yet fluid English-language anthology attempts to change. Library Journal In this anthology, Hiroaki Sato translates the brilliance and richness of Yukio Mishima's writing into the English language. Rafu Shimpo

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays Plays Arts & Entertainment Acting & Theatre Studies History History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Plays & Playwrights Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Education

Preface	p. VII
The Rokumeikan	p. 1
Backstage Essays	p. 55
The Decline and Fall of the Suzaku	p. 63
My Friend Hitler	p. 113
The Terrace of the Leper King	p. 161
The Flower of Evil: Kabuki	p. 219
A Wonder Tale: the Moonbow	p. 241
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My Friend Hitler

And Other Plays of Yukio Mishima

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