The Fox and Dr. Shimamura Asia demonstrates the programmatic aims of

demonstrates the programmatic aims of Rossetti's innovative multimedia work by focusing on two issues

constitute a terrifying—yet darkly charismatic—demonic duo

But treachery awaits him in his father's castle

He brilliantly characterizes each of the twenty-one defendants

The Fox and Dr. Shimamura Asia demonstrates the programmatic aims ofThe Fox and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses Japan and Europe, memory and actuality, fox possession myths and psychiatric mythmaking. The novel begins near the storys end, in Dr. Shimamuras retirement. A feverish invalid, hes watched over by four women: his wife, his mother, his mother in law, and a nurse (originally one of his psychiatric patients). His mother is busily writing and rewriting his biography, Between Genius and Madness. As an