Navigating Narratives - Tsurayukis Tosa Diary As History and Fiction

Drawing on both contemporaneous historical sources and modern literary criticism, Navigating Narratives offers unique insights into Heian Japan through one of its most enigmatic and consequential texts, Tosa nikki (The Tosa Diary)-the world's first short novelistic work of fiction, which purports to record the voyage of an anonymous woman.

Info autore

Gustav Heldt is Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Virginia.

Riassunto

Drawing on both contemporaneous historical sources and modern literary criticism, Navigating Narratives offers unique insights into Heian Japan through one of its most enigmatic and consequential texts, Tosa nikki (The Tosa Diary)—the world’s first short novelistic work of fiction, which purports to record the voyage of an anonymous woman.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gustav Heldt, Heldt Gustav
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.03.2024
• EAN: 9780674295827
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29582-7
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Asian History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval