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Love after The tale of Genji : rewriting the world of the shining prince / Charo B. D'Etcheverry.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Etcheverry, Charo B., 1971-
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 286.
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 286
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese literature--Heian period, 794-1185--History and criticism.
- Japanese literature.
- Courts and courtiers in literature.
- Rokujō Saiin no Senji, -1092. Sagoromo monogatari.
- Rokujō Saiin no Senji.
- Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, 1008- Hamamatsu Chūnagon monogatari.
- Sugawara no Takasue no Musume.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 220 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Lights Out in Heian 1
- Saying Goodbye to Genji 6
- Genji and "Late" Heian 13
- Overview of the Study 20
- 1 The Woman's Court: Theory and Practice 23
- Introducing the Rear Court 25
- Revisiting the Salon 29
- Residence and the Rear Court 34
- The Rear Court: A Case Study 39
- Poetry, Fiction, and the Rear Court 55
- 2 The Tale of Sagoromo and Midranks Romance 58
- The Tale of Sagoromo: A Brief History 60
- Asukai's Nurse and the Question of Class 62
- Enter the Middle Ranks 67
- The Asukai Subplot and The Tale of Genji 79
- The Rear Court and the Nurse 85
- 3 Family Substitutes in The Tale of Hamamatsu 88
- The Tale of Hamamatsu: A Brief History 91
- Prelude to a Substitute: Chunagon, Taisho no Kimi, and the Third Prince 96
- The Mother of All Substitutes: Chunagon and the Chinese Consort 106
- Yoshinohime and the Consort's "Niece" 116
- Daini's Daughter and the Sarashina Diarist 122
- 4 Nezame at Night and the Exile Plot 124
- Nezame at Night: A (Very) Brief History 128
- Genji and the Bamboo Cutter 132
- Nezame in Exile 137
- Postscript: Murasaki's Fan Fiction? 153
- Appendix Plot Summaries 159
- The Tale of Sagoromo 159
- The Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor 165
- Nezame at Night 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674025075
- 9780674025073
- OCLC:
- 76262403
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