Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Tales of the Bamboo Cutter
6. 1. Languages of Narrating and Bamboo-Cutter Pretexts 27
7. 2. A "Pivotal" Narrative: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter 53
8. II. Waka JJPoetics" and Tales of JJlse"
9. 3. Constructing a Capital "Poetics": Kokin wakashu 85
10. 4. An Early Figure of Resistance: Lady Ise 112
11. 5. Sexual/Textual Politics and The Tale of Ise 131
12. III. Tales of "Genji"
13. 6. Situating the "Feminine Hand" 159
14. 7. Narrating the Private: "Kiritsubo" 183
15. 8. Feminine Representation and Critique: "Hahakigi" 197
16. 9. A Figure of Narrating: Tamakazura 214
17. 10. Aesthetics, Politics, and Genealogy 232
18. 11. Substitutions and Incidental Narrating: "Wakamurasaki" 250
19. 12. The Akashi Intertexts 266
20. Epilogue: Endings, Tellings, and Retellings 287
21. Appendix: Chapters in The Tale of Genji 293
22. Notes 295
23. Bibliography 367
24. Index 377