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1988

The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

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Ono no Komachi - 1988

These translated poems were written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D.

The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.

Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Richard Bowring - 1988

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 text, including language and style, and traces the history of its reception through nine centuries of cultural change. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-33349-0 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-33636-8

The Rhetoric of Confession: Shishosetsu in Early Twentieth Century Japanese Fiction

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Edward Fowler - 1988

The shishosetsu is a Japanese form of autobiographical fiction that flourished during the first two decades of this century.

Focusing on the works of Chikamatsu Shuko, Shiga Naoya, and Kasai Zenzo, Edward Fowler explores the complex and paradoxical nature of shishosetsu, and discusses its linguistic, literary and cultural contexts.

Daughters of the Moon: Wish, Will, and Social Constraint in Fiction by Modern Japanese Women

Victoria V. Vernon - 1988

Best ofJapanese-Literature

1988

The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan

Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

The Rhetoric of Confession: Shishosetsu in Early Twentieth Century Japanese Fiction

Daughters of the Moon: Wish, Will, and Social Constraint in Fiction by Modern Japanese Women

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