Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike

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"This work is very welcome as a textbook in college courses on premodern Japanese literature. . . . McCullough is truly in her element when it comes to the Heike. Her introduction to this text consists of a thorough but efficient explanation of a complex historical situation and an excellent account of the textual history of a tale that had its origins in oral literature. Her translation of the complete work is a classic. General; undergraduate."-Choice
Year of Publication
1994
Number of Pages
500
Publisher
Stanford University Press
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Stanford
ISSN Number
978-0804722582
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Chronology
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