Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji: The Tale of Genji(Landmarks of World Literature (New)

Series: Landmarks of World Literature (New

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 introduction to the Genji sketches its cultural background, offers detailed analysis of the text, including language and style, and traces the history of its reception through nine centur