Aesthetics as a space of difference: The implicit sociology in Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s A Golden Death

Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s short story Konjiki no shi (‘A golden death,’ 1914) tells the weird tale of a friendship between two young aspiring artists in early twentieth-century Japan. Watashi, the narrator, is a diligent student, has conventional ideas and becomes a conventional writer, while his frien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierantonio Zanotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2022-10-01
Series:Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies
Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/7068