Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century: 0 (History of Japanese Literature) - Softcover

Keene, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231114419 ISBN 13: 9780231114417

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Donald Keene employs his prodigious wealth of knowledge, critical insight, and narrative aplomb to guide readers through the first nine hundred years of Japanese literature-a period that not only defined the unique properties of Japanese prosody and prose but also produced some of its greatest works. Covering courtly fiction, Buddhist writings, war tales, diaries, poems, and more, Seeds in the Heart explores a vast and variegated treasury of writings. Detailed textual examinations of classic texts-from the Kojiki to The Tale of Genji, from The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon to Zeami's No plays-allow students, lay readers, and scholars a new understanding and enjoyment of this great literature.

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Product Description:

Donald Keene guides readers through the first 900 years of Japanese literature - a period that not only defined the unique properties of Japanese prosody and prose but also produced some of its greatest works. The text includes courtly fiction, Buddhist writings, war tales, diaries and poems.

Review:

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- "The New Yorker"

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- The New Yorker

"During the nine hundred years covered here... literature was primarily an aristocratic pursuit.... The elegance and urbanity of Keene's style suit this material." -- "The New Yorker"

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0231114419
• ISBN 13: 9780231114417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1265