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Envisioning the tale of genji : media, gender, and cultural production.
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ISBN: 9780231142366 0231142366 9780231142373 0231142374 9780231513463 0231513461 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York Columbia university press


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Noh Drama and The Tale of the Genji : The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays
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ISBN: 0691633533 1400861810 9781400861811 9780691068350 0691068356 9780691014760 0691014760 0691604401 9780691604404 9780691633534 0691068356 0691014760 9780691604404 Year: 2014 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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The Japanese noh theater has enjoyed a rich, continuous history dating back to the Muromachi period (1336-1573), when virtually the entire repertoire was written. Some of the finest plays were inspired by the eleventh-century masterpiece of court literature, The Tale of Genji. In this detailed study of fifteen noh plays based upon the Genji, Janet Goff looks at how the novel was understood and appreciated by Muromachi audiences. A work steeped in the court poetry, or waka, tradition, the Genji in turn provided a source of inspiration and allusion for later poets, who produced a variety of handbooks and digests on the work as an aid in composing poetry. Drawing on such sources from the Muromachi period, Goff shows how playwrights reflected contemporary attitudes toward the Genji, even as they transformed its material to suit the demands of the noh as a theatrical form. This book includes annotated translations of the plays, many of them appearing in English for the first time. The translations are preceded by essays covering the history of each play and its use of Genji material.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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