Tale of Genji - A Visual Companion

Zusatztext "McCormick here provides a condensed version of the novel ….[Her] commentary provides not only synopses of the corresponding chapters in the original novel, but also an interpretation of the album’s calligraphy, which often includes some symbolic meaning….McCormick also analyses the paintings, all of which are phenomenal works of art." ---Claire Kohda Hazelton, Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Melissa McCormick is Professor of Japanese Art and Culture and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. She is the author of Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan . She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Klappentext An illustrated guide to one of the most enduring masterworks of world literatureWritten in the eleventh century by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of prose and poetry that is widely considered the world's first novel. Melissa McCormick provides a unique companion to Murasaki's tale that combines disc Zusammenfassung An illustrated guide to one of the most enduring masterworks of world literatureWritten in the eleventh century by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of prose and poetry that is widely considered the world's first novel. Melissa McCormick provides a unique companion to Murasaki's tale that combines disc

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Mccormick
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2018
• EAN: 9780691172682
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17268-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Japan, ART / History / General, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, ART / Asian / General, ART / Asian / Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, History of Art, Literature: history & criticism, East Asia, Far East, Literature: history and criticism, Oriental art