The Tale of Genji, Norton Critical Editions, 1st Edition
Author(s): Shikibu Murasaki; Dennis Washburn (Editor)
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.
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- : Shikibu Murasaki; Dennis Washburn (Editor)