Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, written in Japan in the early eleventh century, is acknowledged to be one of Japan’s greatest literary achievements, and sometimes thought of as the world’s first novel. It is also one of the earliest major works to be written by a woman. This introduction to the Genji sketches the cultural background, offers detailed analysis of the text, discusses matters of language and style and ends by tracing the history of its reception through nine centuries of cultural change. This book will be useful for survey courses in Japanese and World Literature. Because The Tale of Genji is so long, it is often not possible for students to read it in its entirety and this book will therefore be used not only as an introduction, but also as a guide through the difficult and convoluted plot.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Landmarks of World Literature (New)
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	Richard Bowring
Dimensions:	201 x 124 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	122
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-53975-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
LSN:	0-521-53975-7
Barcode:	9780521539753

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