LEADER 02853nam 22006492 450 001 9910784317703321 005 20160226163547.0 010 $a1-107-14866-9 010 $a1-283-32912-3 010 $a0-511-16539-0 010 $a9786613329127 010 $a0-511-81171-3 010 $a0-511-16602-8 010 $a0-511-16407-6 010 $a0-511-56666-2 010 $a0-511-16487-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000353193 035 $a(EBL)255209 035 $a(OCoLC)437163529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000206902 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199716 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206902 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228353 035 $a(PQKB)10065848 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511811715 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC255209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL255209 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10120471 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL332912 035 $a(OCoLC)191931841 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000353193 100 $a20101021d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMurasaki Shikibu$ethe Tale of Genji /$fRichard Bowring$b[electronic resource] 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 106 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aLandmarks of world literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-53975-7 311 $a0-521-83208-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe cultural background -- The tale of Genji -- Language and style -- Impact, influence, and reception. 330 $aMurasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, written in Japan in the early eleventh century, is acknowledged to be one of Japan's greatest literary achievements, and sometimes thought of as the world's first novel. It is also one of the earliest major works to be written by a woman. This introduction to the Genji sketches the cultural background, offers detailed analysis of the text, discusses matters of language and style and ends by tracing the history of its reception through nine centuries of cultural change. This book will be useful for survey courses in Japanese and World Literature. Because The Tale of Genji is so long, it is often not possible for students to read it in its entirety and this book will therefore be used not only as an introduction, but also as a guide through the difficult and convoluted plot. 410 0$aLandmarks of world literature. 676 $a895.631 700 $aBowring$b Richard John$f1947-$0644691 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784317703321 996 $aMurasaki Shikibu$91313293 997 $aUNINA