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Preliminary Material -- Lights Out in Heian -- The Woman's Court: Theory and Practice -- The Tale of Sagoromo and Midranks Romance -- Family Substitutes in The

"The eleventh-century masterpiece The Tale of Genji casts a long shadow across the literary terrain of the Heian period (794–1185). It has dominated critical

Expressions of passion and heartbreak, written by Murasaki Shikibu 1,000 years ago, transcend time and culture in this new translation of the poetry in the firs

An abridged edition of the world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Stre