Diary of Lady Murasaki

Informationen zum Autor Murasaki Shikibu Klappentext The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c. 973-c. 1020), author of The Tale of Genji, is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi. Told in a series of vignettes, it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince, rivalries between the Emperor's consorts, with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers, and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father, Michinaga. The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection, as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy. Zusammenfassung This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface A Note on Japanese Names and Dates Introduction Cultural background The author The diary THE DIARY OF LADY MURASAKI Appendix I: Ground-plans and Map Appendix II: Additional Sources A Guide to Further Reading

Product details

• Authors: Richard Bowring, Lady Murasaki, Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu, Shikibu Murasaki
• Assisted by: Richard Bowring (Introduction), Bowring Richard (Introduction), Richard Bowring (Translation), Bowring Richard (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.1996
• EAN: 9780140435764
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043576-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Japan, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE