CRITICISM

Abelsen, Peter. “Irony and Purity: Mishima.” Modern Asian Studies 30 (July 1996): 651-79.

Discusses Mishima in terms of two phenomena: the literary style known as romantic irony and Zen.

Napier, Susan J. Escape from the Wasteland: Romanticism and Realism in the Fiction of Mishima Yukio and Oe Kenzaburo. Cambridge, Mass., and London: Council on East Asian Studies, 1991.

Examines parallels and divergences in the works of Mishima and Kenzaburo.

Raoside, James. “The Spirit Is Willing but the Flesh Is Strong: Mishima Yukio's Kinjiki and Oscar Wilde.” Comparative Literature Studies 36, no. 1 (1999): 1-23.

Analyzes allusions to Oscar Wilde in Mishima's novel Kinjiki.

Smith, Andrew R. “Mishima's Seppuku Speech: A Critical-Cultural Analysis.” Text and Performance Quarterly 10, no. 1 (January 1990): 1-19.

Explores the speech Mishima made prior to his ritual suicide.

Wolfe, Peter. Yukio Mishima. New York: Continuum, 1989. 200 p.

Discusses plot and themes in Mishima' major works.

Additional coverage of Mishima's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 29-32R, 97-100; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 182; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Drama Criticism, Vol. 1; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Gay & Lesbian Literature,Ed. 1; Literature Resource Center; and Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2.