The Kagerō diary : a woman's autobiographical text from tenth-century Japan /

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Japan is the only country in the world where women writers laid the foundations of classical literature. The Kagero Diary commands our attention as the first extant work of that rich and brilliant tradition. The author, known to posterity as Michitsuna's Mother, a member of the middle-ranking a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Michitsuna no Haha, approximately 935-995
Other Authors: Arntzen, Sonja, 1945- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1997.
Series:Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 19.
Subjects:
Michitsuna no Haha, > approximately 935-995 > Diaries.
Michitsuna no Haha, > ca. 935-995 > Diaries.
Michitsuna no Haha, > approximately 935-995
794-1185
Authors, Japanese > Heian period, 794-1185 > Diaries.
Écrivains japonais > 794-1185 (Époque de Heian) > Journaux intimes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Authors, Japanese > Heian period
Diaries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Kagerō Diary
  • Book One
  • Book Two
  • Book Three
  • The Poetry of Michitsuna's Mother
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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