The Tale of Genji unfolds over 75 years, 3 generations, and 4 imperial reigns,
and presents over 500 characters.
From Haruo Shirane's The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of 'The Tale of Genji' (1987, p. 120). |
Throughout
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu reveals that the individual is defined not so much by
thought and action as by the emotional intensity with which he or she perceived the world.
From Haruo Shirane's The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of 'The Tale of Genji' (1987, p. 230). |
Haruo Shirane's The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of 'The Tale of Genji' is the most readable introduction to the Genji that I've yet read. Shirane's book is especially helpful, even before you read a translated text.
Mostow, Joshua S., and Royall Tyler, translators (2010). The Ise Stories: Ise Monogatari. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press.
Shirane, Haruo, editor (2007). Traditional Japanese Literature: an Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, with additional translators. New York, Columbia University Press.
Related pages:
Poetry index.
How to Write Poetry.
How to write specific forms: Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. |
Books of Poetry Form. |
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