The monumental Japanese fictional narrative known as The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) appeared during the first decade or so of the eleventh century, CE. This vast narrative--which spans three-quarters of a century, and is made up of fifty-four chapters and 795 poems--has been attributed to a woman known only as Murasaki Shikibu. It has often been celebrated as 'the world's oldest novel'.
The Tale of Genji has generated a huge scholarly literature, and this new collection, co-published by Routledge and Edition Synapse, meets the need for an authoritative reference work...
The monumental Japanese fictional narrative known as The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) appeared during the first decade or so of the eleventh ce...
This study of literature from Japan's mid-Heian period offers new readings of three traditional tales and contends that the cultural significance of these works has been distorted by translations belonging to the patriarchal and colonialist discourse of Western civilizations.
This study of literature from Japan's mid-Heian period offers new readings of three traditional tales and contends that the cultural significance of t...
