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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • Dennis Washburn’s acclaimed and unabridged translation of Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century literary masterpiece, widely considered the world’s first novel.
  • Editorial matter by Dennis Washburn.
  • Fourteen background selections—from the eleventh-century The Daughter of Sugawara no Takasue to Virginia Woolf—carefully selected to increase the reader’s understanding and appreciation of this nuanced and vibrant work.
  • Nine critical essays on The Tale of Genji’s central themes.
  • An index of songs and poetry, three chronologies and a selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

The Tale of Genji: A Norton Critical Edition

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This Norton Critical Edition includes: Dennis Washburn’s acclaimed and unabridged translation of Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century literary masterpiece, widely considered the... Read more

    Publisher: WW Norton & Co
    Publication Date: 16/04/2021
    ISBN13: 9780393933987, 978-0393933987
    ISBN10: 0393933989

    Number of Pages: 1424

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    This Norton Critical Edition includes:

    • Dennis Washburn’s acclaimed and unabridged translation of Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century literary masterpiece, widely considered the world’s first novel.
    • Editorial matter by Dennis Washburn.
    • Fourteen background selections—from the eleventh-century The Daughter of Sugawara no Takasue to Virginia Woolf—carefully selected to increase the reader’s understanding and appreciation of this nuanced and vibrant work.
    • Nine critical essays on The Tale of Genji’s central themes.
    • An index of songs and poetry, three chronologies and a selected bibliography.

    About the Series

    Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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