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 | | This mystery, currently regarded as one of his most important, features numerous references to the real-world Ranpo: rumors about him that circulated in the contemporary media; titles, plots and characters clearly intended to make reference to his literature; and allusions to his sometimes nebulous sexual identity. |
 | | This paper analyzes Ranpo’s novella using theories of metafiction to discuss the relationship between the extraliterary author and his literary doubles (or is it triples?) depicted in this work. |
 | | In addition, theories of the doppelganger as it appears in nineteenth-century German literature are uncannily useful in considering the importance of the following in appreciating Ranpo’s particular version of the literary double: visual modes of perception, conflicted sexual identity, the double as unwanted visitor, and the disruption of myth of the home. |
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