Description: Frontier Within : Essays, Paperback by Abe, Kobo; Calichman, Richard F. (EDT), ISBN 0231163878, ISBN-13 9780231163873, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Abe Kobo (1924–1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative science fiction and plays of the absurd. However, he also wrote theoretical criticism for which he is lesser known, merging literary, historical, and philosophical perspectives into keen reflections on the nature of creativity, the evolution of the human species, and an impressive range of other subjects. Abe Kobo tackled contemporary social issues and literary theory with the depth and facility of a visionary thinker. Featuring twelve essays from his prolific career—including "Poetry and Poets (Consciousness and the Unconscious)," written in 1944, and "The Frontier Within, Part II," written in 1969—this anthology introduces English-speaking readers to Abe Kobo as critic and intellectual for the first time. Demonstrating the importance of his theoretical work to a broader understanding of his fiction—and a richer portrait of Japan's postwar imagination—Richard F. Calichman provides an incisive introduction to Abe Kobo's achievements and situates his essays historically and intellectually.
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Original Language: Japanese
Book Title: Frontier Within : Essays by Abe Kobo
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Topic: Asian / General, Asian / Japanese, Aesthetics
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: KōBō Abe
Item Width: 0.7 in
Book Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback