{"product_id":"flowering-tales-9780674244405","title":"Flowering Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlowering Tales is the first extensive literary study of A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari), a historical tale that covers 150 years of births, deaths, and happenings of late Heian society, a golden age of Japanese court literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperb…This study radiates an intense commitment to understanding \u003ci\u003eEiga\u003c\/i\u003e on its own terms while at the same time striving to communicate its particular genius to an audience of a very different place and time…[O]ne can say that Watanabe has succeeded brilliantly in creating an empathetic study of an ‘affective history.’ -- Sonja Arntzen * Monumenta Nipponica *\u003cbr\u003eSuperbly written, studded with thought-provoking analogies to contemporary social phenomena, this work illuminates \u003ci\u003eEiga\u003c\/i\u003e as an original genre of ‘affective history.’ * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eCareful and insightful…we finally have a guidebook for navigating—and even appreciating—Akazome Emon’s impressive dedication to recording and structuring the world around her…Through meticulous readings and evocative imagery, \u003ci\u003eFlowering Tales\u003c\/i\u003e brings Emon’s world alive, and in revealing \u003ci\u003eEiga\u003c\/i\u003e to be much more than the verbose musings of an undisciplined author, Watanabe enriches and complicates our understanding of Heian writings. -- Erin L. Brightwell * Journal of Japanese Studies *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403566227799,"sku":"9780674244405","price":46.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674244405.jpg?v=1730483849","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flowering-tales-9780674244405","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}