03373oam 2200553 450 991081941200332120230926054940.01-68417-612-310.1163/9781684176120(CKB)4100000011372865(MiAaPQ)EBC6407326(OCoLC)1182849668(nllekb)BRILL9781684176120(MiAaPQ)EBC30658753(Au-PeEL)EBL30658753(MdBmJHUP)musev2_113526(EXLCZ)99410000001137286520210507d2020 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierUnreal houses character, gender, and genealogy in the Tale of Genji /Edith Sarra1st ed.Cambridge, Massachusetts ;London :Harvard University Asia Center,[2020]©20201 online resourceHarvard East Asian monographs ;4290-674-24443-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter --Copyright Page /Author: Edith Sarra --Dedication /Author: Edith Sarra --Others /Author: Edith Sarra --Acknowledgments /Author: Edith Sarra --Figures /Author: Edith Sarra --Introduction /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter one Aristocratic Marriage and the Real-and-Imagined Houses of Heian Court Fiction /Author: Edith Sarra --part one Polygyny Reimagined /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter two Architects of Polygyny: Genji, His Women, and Their Houses /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter three The Rokujōin: The House of Wishful Thinking /Author: Edith Sarra --part two Tamakazura's Problems of Placement /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter four A Balancing Act: Tamakazura in Genji's House /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter five Tamakazura's House /Author: Edith Sarra --part three Kaoru and the Undoing of the House /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter six What Kaoru Inherits: Fathers, Sons, and the Ethics of Genealogical Fiction /Author: Edith Sarra --chapter seven As One Who Dwells Provisionally /Author: Edith Sarra --Back Matter --Epilogue: Leaving the House /Author: Edith Sarra --Abbreviations /Author: Edith Sarra --Notes /Author: Edith Sarra --Bibliography /Author: Edith Sarra --Index /Author: Edith Sarra --Harvard East Asian Monographs /Author: Edith Sarra."Argues that, in both form and content, the Tale of Genji re-envisions the elite practice of polygynous marriage and the construction of aristocratic mansions as expressions of familial power. Radically rethinks the Genji by focusing on the figure of the house-encompassing both fictionalized images of mansions and their inhabitants"--Provided by publisher.Harvard East Asian monographs ;429.Dwellings in literatureMarriage in literatureCriticism, interpretation, etc.Electronic books. Dwellings in literature.Marriage in literature.895.6314Sarra Edith1955-1715645CaPaEBRCaPaEBRUtOrBLWBOOK9910819412003321Unreal houses4110467UNINA