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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137636703321

Autore

Tyler Royall

Titolo

The disaster of the third princess : essays on the tale of Genji / / Royall Tyler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : ANU Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-921536-67-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages)

Collana

Asian studies series ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

895.609

Soggetti

Japanese literature - To 1600 - History and criticism

Japan Social life and customs 794-1185 History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Introduction; An overview of the essays; Genji's rise and the collapse of his world; Reader orientations and incommensurable views; Genji's position in the tale; Reflections on Part Three; Genji and Murasaki: Between Love and Pride; Perceptions of Murasaki; Jealousy and self-affirmation; The child Murasaki; Murasaki's marriage; The crisis over Akashi; Asagao: the question of Genji's motive; Asagao: the scene between Genji and Murasaki; Suzaku's daughter: preliminary remarks; The Third Princess and Murasaki; Decorum and discretion concerning Genji's motives

Concluding reflections on the case of AsukaiSagoromo's enthronement; Conclusion; Feminine Veils over Visions of the Male; Men wish a man were a woman; Women wish a male were female; The hypothesis of imperial beauty; The watching man adopts a woman's gaze; Women see the man as a woman more beautiful than any woman; Men admiring a man; Further reflections on the feminine veil in erotic scenes; Distribution of the feminine veil outside and inside Genji; Abbreviations; Works cited