The Tale of the Heike
$67.92
- Paperback
784 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2014
Summary
One of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tale of Genji, in a groundbreaking new edition.
From the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of Japan’s great martial epic. The fourteenth-century Tale of the Heike is Japan’s Iliad—a moving depiction of the late twelfth-century wars between the Heike and Genji clans. No work has had a greater impact on later Japanese literature, theater, music, film, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143107262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143107267 |
| Author: | Royall Tyler |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 796g |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 153mm x 231mm |
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Critics Review
In his elegant new translation, Royall Tyler divides the text into something resembling an opera libretto, with recitatives, arias and dialogue * L.A. Times *
Royall Tyler
Royall Tyler, an American, is retired from the Australian National University where he taught Japanese language and literature for many years. He has a B.A. from Harvard University and a PhD. from Columbia University and has taught at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Wisconsin.
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