City of Fear - Night of Fear

...He experienced the illness and death of his lover, and was unable to break his drinking habit, leading a miserable and lonely life. Nevertheless, his strong atheist stance showed no signs of weakening, and in 1874 he published the long poem "The Night City of Terror," which mixed this with feelings of personal despair. Together with the series of poems published in the early 1880s, his works express one aspect of the sensibility of the era, with a gloomy quality that could be called the "Night City" school.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "City of Fearful Night" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…あまつさえ恋人の病気と死を体験し，また飲酒癖から抜け出すことができず，悲惨で孤独な一生であった。それでも無神論の強烈な主張には衰えが見えず，それを個人的絶望の感情とないまぜにした長詩《恐怖の夜の都市》を1874年に発表。その他80年代初頭に発表された一連の詩作品も合わせて，いわば〈夜の都市〉派とでも呼ぶべき暗うつさで，時代の感性の一つの側面を表現しえている。…

※「《恐怖の夜の都市》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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