Murasaki 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. This introduction to the Genji sketches its cultural background, offers detailed analysis of
The Tale of Genji (Tuttle Classics)
โ Scribed by Shikubu, Murasaki; Waley, Arthur (translator)
- Book ID
- 109257897
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1017 KB
- Series
- Tuttle Classics
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781462902583
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โฆ Synopsis
Overview: Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature. Over the past century, this book has gained worldwide acceptance as not only the world's first novel, but as one of the greatest works of literature of all time.
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