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The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of the Genji
Contributors:
By (Author) Norma Field
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
8th April 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
895.631
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
400
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Foremost among Japanese literary classics and one of the world's earliest novels, the Tale of Genji was written around the year A.D. 1000 by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman from a declining aristocratic family. For sophisticaion and insight, Western prose fiction was to wait centuries to rival her work. Norma Field explore the shifting configurations of
