The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji Contributor(s): Field, Norma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691656169 ISBN-13: 9780691656168 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $170.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Japanese |
Dewey: 895.631 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.59 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Foremost among Japanese literary classics and one of the world's earliest novels, the Tale of Genji was written around the year A.D. 1000 by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman from a declining aristocratic family. For sophisticaion and insight, Western prose fiction was to wait centuries to rival her work. Norma Field explore the shifting configurations of the Tale, showing how the hero Genji is made and unmade by a series of heroines. |