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the tale of genji
[Paperback - 2016]
murasaki shikibu
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company | ISBN: 9780393353396 | Pages: 1360
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“A fluid, elegant rendition.” —Washington Post Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794–1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji—widely considered the world’s first novel—during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki’s tale came to occupy a central place in Japan’s remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature. The Tale of Genji is presented here in a flowing new translation for contemporary readers, who will discover in its depiction of the culture of the imperial court the rich complexity of human experience that simultaneously resonates with and challenges their own. Washburn sets off interior monologues with italics for fluid reading, embeds some annotations for accessibility and clarity, and renders the poetry into triplets to create prosodic analogues of the original.

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born perhaps 978died perhaps 1031Japanese:紫式部The Tale of Genjiamong the first examples of the novel as a literary form of Japanese writer BaronessMurasaki Shikibugreatly influenced later fiction.People in English sometimes knew Murasaki Shikibu, a lady, a poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the period of Heian. People best knew this earliest and most famous author between 1000 and 1008 in human history. Some scholars postulated Fujiwara Takako as her unknown, real, actual, given name. Her diary states that after a character, court nicknamed her "Murasaki," purple wisteria blossom.""Shikibu" refers to position of her father in the bureau of ceremony.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasak...

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