Emmerich The Tale of Genji

Translation, Canonization, and World Literature
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53442-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Michael Emmerich thoroughly revises the conventional narrative of the early modern and modern history of The Tale of Genji

Autoren/Hrsg.

Emmerich, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
A Note to the Reader
Introduction: Replacing the Text
Part I. Ninety-Nine Years in the Life of an Image
Touchstone 1. Reimagining the Canon
1. A Gokan Is a Gokan Is a Gokan: Inaka Genji Beyond Parody
2. Reading Higashiyama: Image, Text, and Book in Inaka Genji
3. Turning a New Page: Bibliographic Translation and the Yomihonization of Inaka Genji
Part II. In Medias Res
Touchstone 2. Triangle
4. The History of a Romance: Genji Before Waley
5. From the World to the Nation: Making Genji Ours
6. "Genji monogatari: Translation and Original"
Conclusion: Turning to Translation, Returning to Translation
Notes
Index

Leseproben

Read an excerpt from the introduction:

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Emmerich is associate professor of Japanese literature and cultural studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the editor of Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers and New Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories in Japanese.