Description
A Japanese literary classic and one of the world's earliest novels, the Tale of Genji was written C.E. 1000 by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman from an aristocratic family. Norma Field, drawing on her own sensitive reading of Genji and on Japanese and Western scholarship, discusses the social, psychological, and political dimensions of the aesthetics of the work, with emphasis on the crucial relationship of erotic and political concerns to prose fiction. The shifting configurations of the tale are exposed, showing how the hero Genji is made and unmade by a series of heroines.
About the Author
Norma Field is William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. Her recent publications include From My Grand
Book Information
ISBN 9781929280056
Author Norma Field
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
