Traditional Japanese Literature : An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirane, Haruo.

Contributor:

Shirane, Haruo, Contributor.

Series:

Translations from the Asian Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--To 1600.

Japanese literature--To 1600--Translations into English.

Japanese literature.

Local Subjects:

Japanese literature--To 1600.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Other Title:

Translations from the Asian Classics

Traditional Japanese Literature

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stretching from ancient times to the late medieval period, Traditional Japanese Literature spans both high and popular styles and contains key examples of poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays. Its depth and breadth have made the anthology an indispensable resource for classroom and individual study.For this abridged edition, Shirane retains substantial excerpts from such masterworks as The Tale of Genji, The Tales of the Heike, The Pillow Book, Man'yoshu, and Kokinshu. He preserves his comprehensive survey of secular and religious anecdotes (setsuwa) as well as classical poems

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Historical Periods and Key Terms; Introduction; Language and Writing; Language And Writing; Power and Courtship; Power And Courtship; Loss and Integration; Sociality; Loss And Integration; Sociality; Condensation and Intertextuality; Condensation And Intertextuality; Attachment and Detachment; Attachment And Detachment; Performance and Narration; Performance And Narration; 1. The Ancient Period; The Beginnings of Japanese Literature; The Beginnings Of Japanese Literature; Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712); Book 1: The Beginning

Man Yoshu (Collection of Myriad Leaves, Ca. 785)First Period; First Period; Second Period; Second Period; Third Period; Third Period; 2. The Heian Period; The Emergence of Kana Literature; The Emergence Of Kana Literature; The Rise of Women's Writing; The Rise Of Women's Writing; Late Heian Kana Histories and Anecdotal Literature; Late Heian Kana Histories And Anecdotal Literature; Keiki; Keikai; Ono No Komachi; Ono No Komachi; Selected Poems; Selected Poems; Sugawara No Michizane; Sugawara No Michizane; Children; Career; Exile; Kokinshu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems, Ca. 905)

Kokinsh(Collection Of Ancient And Modern Poems, CA. 905)The Kana Preface; The Birth of Vernacular Prose Fiction; The Birth Of Vernacular Prose Fiction; The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari, Ca. 909); The Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari, Ca. 947); The Tales Of Ise(Ise Monogatari, Ca. 947); Sai Shonagon; The Pillow Book (Makura No Soshi, Ca. 1000); The Pillow Book (Makura No Soshi, Ca. 1000); Murusaki Shikibu; The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari); Murasaki Shikibu; Heian Literati; Late Heian and Early Kamakura Monogatari; Late Heian And Early Kamakura Monogatari

3. The Kamakura PeriodThe Samurai And Literature; The Spread Of Buddhism And The Way Of The Gods; The Aristocracy And Literature; The Priesthood And Literature; Saigyo; Selected Poems; Essentials of Poetic Composition(EIGA NO TAIGAI , CA. 1222); Shinkokinshu (New Collection Of Ancient And Modern Poems, Ca., 1205); Recluse Literature (SOAN BUNGAKU); A Collection Of Tales From Uji (Uji Shui Monogatari, Early Thirteenth Century); Warrior Tales(GUNKI- MONO); The Tales Of Te Heike(HEIKE MONOGATARI, MID- THIRTEENTH CENTURY); Travel Diaries; 4. The Moromachi Period; The Patronage of the Ashikaga

Zen and Samurai CultureZen And Samurai Culture; The Rise of Provincial Culture; The Rise Of Provincial Culture; No Drama; Theatrical Elements; Theatrical Elements; Comic Theater (Kyogen); Comic Theater (KYOGEN); Linked Verse (Renga); Linked Verse (RENGA); Muromachi Tales (Otogi-Zoshi); Muromachi Tales (OTOGI- ZOSHI); Popular Linked Verse (Haikai); Popular Linked Verse (HAIKAI); English-Language Bibliography; Permissions; Index; Translations From The Asian Classics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

818814877