著者

MORI Maryellen T.

出版者

International Research Center for Japanese Studies

雑誌

Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, pp.231-246, 2000-01-01

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This essey briefly examines three stories by Edogawa Rampo that treat the theme of "doll-love". Hitodenashi no koi, Osie to tabi suru otoko, and Mushi. The relationshio between doll-love and the desire for self-metamorphosis that prevades Ranpo's literature is considerd. The essey suggests that the doll functions as a fetish to both reveal and disguise a male characte's perverse desires, by elevating them to a quasi-religious form of love.