Sei Shonagon

The Pillow Book (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Waley, Arthur

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the tenth century, Japan was both physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. The Pillow Book recaptures this lost world with the diary of a young court lady. Sei Shonagon was a contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote the well-known novel The Tale of Genji. Unlike the latter's fictionalized view of the Heian-era court, Shonagon's journal provides a lively miscellany of anecdotes, observations, and gossip, intended to be read in juicy bits and pieces.
This unique volume was first rendered into English in 1889. In 1928, Arthur Waley, a seminal figure in the Western studies of Japanese culture, undertook a translation. The distinguished scholar devised this abridged version of the text, re-creating in English the stylistic beauty of its prose and the vitality of its narrative. Waley's interpretation offers a fascinating glimpse of the artistic pursuits of the royal court and its constant round of rituals, festivals, and ceremonies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486839028
• Artikelnr.: 55676302

Autorenporträt

Sei Shonagon. Translated and Edited by Arthur Waley