Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji - Brossura

Bowring, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0521539757 ISBN 13: 9780521539753

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

'... an erudite commentary encouraging the reader to investigate one of the most important Japanese texts by exploring a plethora of ideas in a guided but open manner.' Forum for Modern Language Studies

Descrizione del libro:

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. This book will be useful for survey courses in Japanese and World Literature.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521539757
• ISBN 13: 9780521539753
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 122