Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) January 2009 In the Voices of Men, Beasts, and Gods: Unmasking the Abject Persona in Postwar and Contemporary Japanese Women's Poetry Lee Friederich Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd Recommended Citation Friederich, Lee, "In the Voices of Men, Beasts, and Gods: Unmasking the Abject Persona in Postwar and Contemporary Japanese Women's Poetry" (2009). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 408. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/408 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Committee on Comparative Literature Dissertation Examination Committee: Rebecca Copeland, Chair Lingchei Letty Chen Marvin Marcus Jamie Newhard Akiko Tsuchiya Kellie Wells IN THE VOICES OF MEN, BEASTS, AND GODS: UNMASKING THE ABJECT PERSONA IN POSTWAR AND CONTEMPORY JAPANESE WOMEN'S POETY by Lee Evans Friederich A dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy August 2009 St. Louis, Missouri copyright by Lee Evans Friederich 2009 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION In the Voices of Men, Beasts and Gods: Unmasking the Abject Persona in Postwar and Contemporary Japanese Women's Poetry by Lee Evans Friederich Doctor of Philosophy in Japanese and Comparative Literature Washington University in St.