Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale Of Genji - 9780521539753

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.

• | By (Author): Richard (Selwyn College, Cambridge) Bowring
• | Series: Landmarks of World Literature (New)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2003
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 122 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521539757
• | ISBN-13: 9780521539753