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Traditional Japanese Literature Features A Rich Array Of Works Dating From The Very Beginnings Of The Japanese Written Language Through The Evolution Of Japan's Noted Aristocratic Court And Warrior Cultures. It Contains Stunning New Translations Of Such Canonical Texts As The Tales Of The Heike As Well As Works And Genres Previously Ignored By Scholars And Unknown To General Readers. Introduction -- Language And Writing -- Power And Courtship -- Loss And Integration -- Sociality -- Condensation And Intertextuality -- Attachment And Detachment -- Performance And Narration -- 1. The Ancient Period -- The Beginnings Of Japanese Literature -- Kojiki (record Of Ancient Matters) -- Man'yōshū (collection Of Myriad Leaves) -- 2. The Heian Period -- The Emergence Of Kana Literature -- The Rise Of Women's Writing -- Late Heian Kana Histories And Anecdotal Literature -- Keikai -- Record Of Miraculous Events In Japan (ni Hon Ryōiki) -- Ono No Komachi -- Sugawara No Michizane -- Kokinshū (collection Of Ancient And Modern Poems) -- The Birth Of Vernacular Prose Fiction -- The Tale Of The Bamboo Cutter (taketori Monogatari) -- The Tales Of Ise (ise Monogatari) -- The Pillow Book (makura No Sōshi)

Author

HARUO SHIRANE, edited by Haruo Shirane, Shirane, Haruo

Publisher

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231157315

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Short Stories