Unreal Houses - Character, Gender, and Genealogy in the Tale of Genji

Edith Sarra radically rethinks the Tale of Genji by focusing on the figure of the house¿both the narrative¿s images of aristocratic mansions and its representation of their inhabitants. Unreal Houses opens new perspectives on the architectonics of the Genji and the feminine milieu that midwifed what has been called the world¿s first novel.

About the author

Edith Sarra is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington.

Summary

Edith Sarra radically rethinks the Tale of Genji by focusing on the figure of the house—both the narrative’s images of aristocratic mansions and its representation of their inhabitants. Unreal Houses opens new perspectives on the architectonics of the Genji and the feminine milieu that midwifed what has been called the world’s first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Edith Sarra, Sarra Edith
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780674244436
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24443-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Asian History, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form