Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

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Review
'... 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

Book Description
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 introduction to the Genji sketches its cultural background, offers detailed analysis of the text, including language and style, and traces the history of its reception through nine centuries of cultural change. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-33349-0 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-33636-8

Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New)),Richard Bowring,Cambridge University Press,0521539757,Asian - Japanese,Fiction,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Collections & anthologies of various literary forms,Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian

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