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

• Autore: Tyler Royall
• Pubblicazione: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : ANU Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Disciplina: 895.609
• Soggetto topico: Japanese literature - To 1600 - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Social life and customs 794-1185 History
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The disaster of the third princess
• ISBN: 1-921536-67-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217061003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Asian studies series ; ; Volume 1.