Murasaki Shikibu : the Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, written in Japan in the early eleventh century, is acknowledged to be one of Japan's greatest literary achievements, and sometimes thought of as the world's first novel. This book will be useful for survey courses in Japanese and World Literature
eBook, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
1 online resource (viii, 106 pages) : illustrations
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The cultural background
The tale of Genji
Language and style
Impact, influence, and reception
Previous edition: 1988
English