Murasaki Shikibu''s the Tale of Genji - Philosophical Perspectives

The essays in this collection engage with Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale Genji as a work of philosophical significance, analyzing the text from a wide range of perspectives. The essays touch on almost all branches of philosophy and engage with topics such as the exercise of power, the concept of space, construction of personhood, cultural and artistic practices, and gender.

Table des matières

• Editor's Note


• Series Editor's Introduction


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: The Structure of Genji's Career: Myth, Politics and Pride, Royall Tyler


• Chapter 2: The Epistemology of Space in The Tale of Genji, Wiebke Denecke


• Chapter 3: Ritual, Moral Personhood, and Spirit Possession in The Tale of Genji,


• James McMullen


• Chapter 4: Flares in the Garden, Darkness in the Heart: Exteriority, Interiority and the Role


• of Poems in The Tale of Genji, Edward Kamens


• Chapter 5: Calligraphy, Aesthetics, and Character in The Tale of Genji, Tomoko Sakomura


• Chapter 6: Genji's Gardens: Negotiating Nature at the Heian Court, Ivo Smits


• Chapter 7: Rethinking Gender in The Tale of Genji, Rajyashree Pandey


• Chapter 8: Murasaki's "Mind Ground:" A Buddhist Theory of the Novel, Melissa


• McCormick


• Further Reading


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

The essays in this collection engage with Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale Genji as a work of philosophical significance, analyzing the text from a wide range of perspectives. The essays touch on almost all branches of philosophy and engage with topics such as the exercise of power, the concept of space, construction of personhood, cultural and artistic practices, and gender.

Texte suppl.

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: James Mcmullen, James (Fellow Emeritus Mcmullen
• Collaboration: James Mcmullen (Editeur), James (Fellow Emeritus Mcmullen (Editeur), McMullen James (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780190654986
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065498-6
• Pages: 288
• Thèmes: Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Lit; Oxford Studies in Philosophy and Lit; Oxford Studies in Philosophy a
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval