James Mcmullen

Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji

Philosophical Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this collection engage with Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale Genji as a work of philosophical significance, analyzing the text from a wide range of perspectives. The essays touch on almost all branches of philosophy and engage with topics such as the exercise of power, the concept of space, construction of personhood, cultural and artistic practices, and gender.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 136mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780190654986
• ISBN-10: 0190654988
• Artikelnr.: 54546300

Autorenporträt

James McMullen, a Fellow of the British Academy, is a specialist on the history of Confucianism in Japan. He began his teaching career at the University of Toronto and is currently a Fellow Emeritus at Pembroke and St Antony's Colleges in the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

* Editor's Note
* Series Editor's Introduction
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: The Structure of Genji's Career: Myth, Politics and Pride,
Royall Tyler
* Chapter 2: The Epistemology of Space in The Tale of Genji, Wiebke
Denecke
* Chapter 3: Ritual, Moral Personhood, and Spirit Possession in The
Tale of Genji,
* James McMullen
* Chapter 4: Flares in the Garden, Darkness in the Heart: Exteriority,
Interiority and the Role
* of Poems in The Tale of Genji, Edward Kamens
* Chapter 5: Calligraphy, Aesthetics, and Character in The Tale of
Genji, Tomoko Sakomura
* Chapter 6: Genji's Gardens: Negotiating Nature at the Heian Court,
Ivo Smits
* Chapter 7: Rethinking Gender in The Tale of Genji, Rajyashree Pandey
* Chapter 8: Murasaki's "Mind Ground:" A Buddhist Theory of the Novel,
Melissa
* McCormick
* Further Reading
* Index