A Passion for the Past: History, Narrative and Desire in Stendhal and Tanizaki.

The article offers information on the literary-historical relationship between "The Abbess of Castro" (The Abbess of Castro) book by Stendhal and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's "Yoshino kuzu" (Arrowroot). It further discusses the goal of resolving the past mystery through travel; the disparity between Tsumura's successful matrimonial narrative and the narrator's own failure to produce a literary counterpart; and a matriarchal utopia and nostalgic mother love.