The Tale of Genji : translation, canonization, and world literature

The Tale of Genji : translation, canonization, and world literature /

"Ambitious and engrossing, this volume thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of The Tale of Genji's early modern and modern history, arguing that until the 1930s readers were less familiar with the eleventh-century work than scholars have assumed. Exploring iterations of the work f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emmerich, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Murasaki Shikibu, > 978?- > Genji monogatari.
Genji monogatari (Murasaki Shikibu)
794-1185
Japanese literature > Heian period, 794-1185 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Japanese.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > General.
Japanese literature > Heian period
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; A Note to the Reader; Introduction: Replacing the Text; PART I: Ninety-Nine Years in the Life of an Image; TOUCHSTONE 1: Reimagining the Canon; CHAPTER 1
  • A Gōkan Is a Gōkan Is a Gōkan: Inaka Genji Beyond Parody; CHAPTER 2
  • Reading Higashiyama: Image, Text, and Book in Inaka Genji; CHAPTER 3
  • Turning a New Page: Bibliographic Translation and the Yomihonization of Inaka Genji; PART II: In Medias Res; TOUCHSTONE 2: The Triangle; CHAPTER 4
  • The History of a Romance: Genji Before Waley; CHAPTER 5
  • From the World to the Nation: Making Genji Ours.
  • CHAPTER 6
  • " Genji monogatari: Translation and Original"Conclusion: Turning to Translation, Returning to Translation; Notes; Index.

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