Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xiii
4. Introduction. SAINT OF NEGATIVITY Introduction SAINT OF NEGATIVITY 3
5. PART ONE: Nation and Suicidal Narrative
6. Chapter One. FROM SEPPUKUTOJISATSU: SUICIDE AS NATIONAL ALLEGORY 21
7. Chapter Two. TWO TALES OF SUICIDE: SOCIO-LITERARY COMPLICITIES IN JAPANESE MODERNIZATION 48
8. PART TWO: Suicidal Autobiography
9. Chapter Three. NOVEL, GHOSTLY, AND NEGATIVE SELVES 79
10. Chapter Four. THE LAST OF THE I-NOVELISTS 97
11. Chapter Five. DYING TWICE: ALLEGORIES OF IMPOSSIBILITY 120
12. PART THREE: Japanese Litteraturicide and Postwar Rebirth
13. Chapter Six. DEATHSCRIPT: SUICIDE AS POLITICAL SURVIVAL 147
14. Chapter Seven. ALLEGORICAL UNDOINGS 165
15. Chapter Eight. JAPANESE RESSENTIMENT 185
16. Epilogue. POSTMODERN POSTMORTEM 212
17. NOTES 225
18. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
19. INDEX 257