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Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women : Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu /

Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific noblewoman known as Nun Abutsu (1225-1283). Abutsu crossed gender and genre barriers by writing the first career guide for Japanese noblewomen, the first female-authored poetry treatise, a...

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Autor principal: Laffin, Christina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2013]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Nun Abutsu and Women's Writing in Medieval Japan
  • Chapter 2. A Woman's Guide to Career Success Nun Abutsu and Court Life in The Nursemaid's Letter
  • Chapter 3. Lover and Nun Embodying the Heroine in Fitful Slumbers
  • Chapter 4. Women and the Way Nun Abutsu as Poet and Genji Scholar
  • Chapter 5. Politics and Poetry Diary of the Sixteenth Night Moon as a Literary Appeal
  • Epilogue: Abutsu's Legacy
  • Appendix I: The Mikohidari Lineage
  • Appendix II: A Chronology of Nun Abutsu
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index