Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xiii
4. Abbreviations and Periods of Japanese History xv
5. Chapter Titles of The Tale of Genji xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1. Early Discussions of Fiction 11
8. Chapter 2. Genji Gossip (Plus a Bit of Good Advice) 39
9. Chapter 3. Toward Canonization 158
10. Chapter 4. Obsequies for Genji 177
11. Chapter 5. The Tale of Genji Apocrypha 207
12. Chapter 6. Medieval Commentary 337
13. Chapter 7. Edo-Period Treatises
14. Discursive Commentary on Genji 382
15. Seven Essays on Murasaki Shikibu 392
16. The Tale of Genji : A Little Jeweled Comb 411
17. From Blossoms to Moonlight 506
18. A Critical Appraisal of Genji 509
19. Chapter 8. Modern Reception
20. Introduction to Genji Monogatari : T he Most Celebrated of the Classical Japanese Romances 538
21. The Essence of the Novel 546
22. Preface to A New Exegesis of The Tale of Genji 550
23. “Upon Finishing A New Translation of The Tale of Genji ” 557
24. Afterword to A New New Translation of The Tale of Genji 560
25. “ The Tale of Genji: The First Volume of Mr. Arthur Waley’s Translation of a Great Japanese Novel by the Lady Murasaki” 564
26. “On Reading the Classics” 569
27. “On Translating The Tale of Genji into Modern Japanese” 575
28. Index 591