Norton Critical Editions #: The Tale of Genji (Critical Edition)

Norton Critical Editions #: The Tale of Genji (Critical Edition)
Dennis Washburn, Shikibu Murasaki
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5 Jan 2021 US
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9780393933987
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This Norton Critical Edition includes:Dennis Washburn' s acclaimed and unabridged translation of Murasaki Shikibu' s eleventh-century literary masterpiece, widely considered the world' s first novel. Editorial matter by Dennis Washburn. Fourteen background selections? from the eleventh-century The Daughter of Sugawara no Takasue to Virginia Woolf? carefully selected to increase the reader' s understanding and appreciation of this nuanced and vibrant work. Nine critical essays on The Tale of Genji' s central themes. An index of songs and poetry, three chronologies, and a selected bibliography. About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format? annotated text, contexts, and criticism? helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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Dennis Washburn is the Burlington northern Foundation professor of Asian studies at Dartmouth College. He holds a Ph. D. in Japanese Language and Literature from Yale University and has authored and edited studies on a range of literary and cultural topics. These include: The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction; Translating Mount Fuji: Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity; and The Affect of Difference: Representations of Race in East Asian Empire. In addition to his scholarly publications, he has translated several works of Japanese fiction, including Yokomitsu Riichi' s Shanghai, Tsushima Tsushima Tuko' s Laughing Wolf, and Mizukami Tsutomu' s The Temple of the Wild Geese, for which he was awarded the US-Japan Friendship Commission Prize. In 2004 he was awarded the Japan Foreign Minister' s citation for promoting cross-cultural understanding. Dennis Washburn is the Burlington northern Foundation professor of Asian studies at Dartmouth College. He holds a Ph. D. in Japanese Language and Literature from Yale University and has authored and edited studies on a range of literary and cultural topics. These include: The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction; Translating Mount Fuji: Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity; and The Affect of Difference: Representations of Race in East Asian Empire. In addition to his scholarly publications, he has translated several works of Japanese fiction, including Yokomitsu Riichi' s Shanghai, Tsushima Tsushima Tuko' s Laughing Wolf, and Mizukami Tsutomu' s The Temple of the Wild Geese, for which he was awarded the US-Japan Friendship Commission Prize. In 2004 he was awarded the Japan Foreign Minister' s citation for promoting cross-cultural understanding.
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ISBN-13: 9780393933987
Published: 5 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
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