A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 1 : : The Archaic and Ancient Ages / / Jin'ichi Konishi; ed. by Earl Roy Miner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Konishi, Jin'ichi,
• HerausgeberIn: Miner, Earl Roy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Teele, Nicholas.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5101
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

This book, which covers the period from preliterate times to the beginning of the tenth century, is the first of five proposed volumes that will give an account of Japanese literature from its beginnings to the death of the modern novelist Mishima.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Author's Preface -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Editor's Foreword -- General Introduction -- PART ONE. The Archaic Age: from Chaos to Differentiation -- Chapter 1. Primeval Chaos -- Chapter 2. Toward the Differentiation of Genres -- PART TWO. The Ancient Age: The Age of Kotodama -- Chapter 3. The Character of the Ancient Age -- Chapter 4. The Works, Their Reception, and Their Transmission -- Chapter 5. The Definition of Genres -- PART THREE. The Ancient Age: The first -- Chapter 6. The Study and Composition of Chinese -- Chapter 7. Waka Expression -- Chapter 8. Setsuwa Expression -- PART FOUR. The Ancient Age: The Second Stage -- Chapter 9. The Composition of Poetry and Prose in Chinese -- Chapter 10. Waka Composition -- Chapter 11. Setsuwa Composition -- Chronological Table -- Bibliography -- Finding List for Japanese Poems -- Index