Demonstrates the intelligence and seriousness of Yukio Mishima's work and thought. Each chapter of the book examines one of the central ideas that Mishima develops in his writings: life as art, beauty as evil, culture as myth, eroticism as transgression, the artist as tragic hero, narcissism as the death drive.
Half a century after his shocking samurai-style suicide, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) remains a deeply controversial figure. Rankin sets out to demonstrate the intelligence and seriousness of Mishima's work and thought.
