The Decay of the Angel
E711398
The Decay of the Angel is the final novel in Yukio Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring themes of beauty, corruption, and spiritual decline in postwar Japan.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesCharacterArcOf | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesSeries | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Tōru Yasunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Temple of Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | true ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleMotif | angels as symbols of beauty and decay ⓘ |
| isFinalWorkInSeries | true ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| linkedToAuthorBiography | written shortly before Yukio Mishima's death ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Shigekuni Honda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableEnglishTranslator | Edward G. Seidensticker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tennin Gosui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 250 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Shinchosha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| seriesPrecededBy |
Runaway Horses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spring Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temple of Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesTheme |
collision of tradition and modernity
ⓘ
cyclical reincarnation ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ decadence ⓘ impermanence ⓘ mortality ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ spiritual decline ⓘ |
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