Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji: Philosophical Perspectives

Author:   James McMullen (Fellow Emeritus, Fellow Emeritus, Pembroke and St. Antony's Colleges, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190654986


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   James McMullen (Fellow Emeritus, Fellow Emeritus, Pembroke and St. Antony's Colleges, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780190654986


ISBN 10:   0190654988
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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"""This volume presents a kaleidoscope of perspectives on Genji monogatari. The degree of abstraction implicit in its mandated philosophical approach makes patterns more apparent in the text. The immense variety of those patterns and their interlocking quality are dazzling. As the lens shifts from ""space"" to ""exteriority/interiority"" to ""gender,"" it is almost as though a different novel appears... the uniformly high level of literary quality in all the essays makes this work a pleasurable read. All in all, this work admirably fulfi lls its goal of providing a philosophical exploration of Genji monogatari."" -- Journal of Japanese Studies"


This volume presents a kaleidoscope of perspectives on Genji monogatari. The degree of abstraction implicit in its mandated philosophical approach makes patterns more apparent in the text. The immense variety of those patterns and their interlocking quality are dazzling. As the lens shifts from space to exteriority/interiority to gender, it is almost as though a different novel appears... the uniformly high level of literary quality in all the essays makes this work a pleasurable read. All in all, this work admirably fulfi lls its goal of providing a philosophical exploration of Genji monogatari. * Journal of Japanese Studies *


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James McMullen, a Fellow of the British Academy, is a specialist on the history of Confucianism in Japan. He began his teaching career at the University of Toronto and is currently a Fellow Emeritus at Pembroke and St Antony's Colleges in the University of Oxford.

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