1. Ascending Decadence: A Comparative Study of Dilemmas and Pleasures in Japanese and Italian Anti-Modern Literary Discourses Open Access Author: Amano, Ikuho Title: Ascending Decadence: A Comparative Study of Dilemmas and Pleasures in Japanese and Italian Anti-Modern Literary Discourses Graduate Program: Comparative Literature Keywords: Italian Decadentismlate Meiji narrativemodern Japanesedecadenceanti-modernity File: Download Ikuho_Amano_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Reiko Tachibana, Committee Chair/Co-ChairThomas Oliver Beebee, Committee MemberVeronique Marion Foti, Committee MemberMaria Rosa Truglio, Committee Member