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Classical Japanese Prose - An Anthology (Paperback, Reprinted edition)
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Classical Japanese Prose - An Anthology (Paperback, Reprinted edition)
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This volume brings together in convenient form a rich selection of
Japanese prose dating from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries,
a period during which the preeminent cultural and aesthetic values
were those of the Heian court. It contains 22 works representing
all the major indigenous literary forms, either complete or in
generous excerpts, and is particularly rich in writing by women and
in autobiographical writings. This anthology contains longer
selections than the only other available anthology, which was
published in the 1950s, and each selection is preceded by an
introduction reflecting the most recent scholarship. With three
exceptions, all the translations are by the compilers, and almost
all of them are published here for the first time. Because of space
limitations, the compiler has omitted the two long masterpieces of
the age, The Tale of Genji and The Tale of Heike, which deserve to
be read in their entirety, and which are available in paperback
English translations. The book contains an extensive general
introduction, thirteen illustrations, five maps, a glossary, and a
selected bibliography of works in English translation.
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