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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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