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 The Tale of Genji (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Written by the daughter of a Japanese noble, this 11th century work of fiction chronicles the life and romantic exploits of the handsome son of the Emperor and his concubine during the Heian period.
The title, Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. |
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| Tags: Genji, Interpretations, Shikibursquos, Murasaki, Critical, Modern |
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| Added by: stovokor | Karma: 1758.61 | Fiction literature | 17 October 2008 |
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 The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. Until now there has been no translation that is both complete and scrupulously faithful to the original text. Edward G. Seidensticker's masterly rendering was first published in two volumes in 1976 and immediately hailed as a classic of the translator's art. It is here presented in one unabridged volume, illustrated throughout by woodcuts taken from a 1650 Japanese edition of The Tale of Genji. |
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| Tags: Japanese, Genji, volumes, published, immediately |
