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Poetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan by Paul Gordon Schalow (2006, Hardcover)
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Schalow's analysis clarifies in particular how Heian literature articulates the nobleman's wish to be known and appreciated fully by another man.".
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824830202
ISBN-139780824830205
eBay Product ID (ePID)54242878
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePoetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan
SubjectAsia / Japan, Asian / Japanese, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorPaul Gordon Schalow
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-020766
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal895.6/114
SynopsisWestern scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for evidence that women hoped to move beyond the constraints of marriage politics. Paul Schalow's original and challenging work inherits these concerns about the transcendence of love and carries them into a new realm of inquiry--the suffering of noblemen and the literary record of their hopes for transcendence through friendship. He traces this recurring theme, which he labels courtly male friendship, in five important literary works ranging from the tenth-century Tale of Ise to the early eleventh-century Tale of Genji. Whether authored by men or women, the depictions of male friendship addressed in this work convey the differing perspectives of male and female authors profoundly shaped by their gender roles in the court aristocracy. Schalow's analysis clarifies in particular how Heian literature articulates the nobleman's wish to be known and appreciated fully by another man., Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for evidence that women hoped to move beyond the constraints of marriage politics. Paul Schalow's original and challenging work inherits these concerns about the transcendence of love and carries them into a new realm of inquiry--the suffering of noblemen and the literary record of their hopes for transcendence through friendship. He traces this recurring theme, which he labels "courtly male friendship," in five important literary works ranging from the tenth-century Tale of Ise to the early eleventh-century Tale of Genji . Whether authored by men or women, the depictions of male friendship addressed in this work convey the differing perspectives of male and female authors profoundly shaped by their gender roles in the court aristocracy. Schalow's analysis clarifies in particular how Heian literature articulates the nobleman's wish to be known and appreciated fully by another man., Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for evidence that women hoped to move beyond the constraints of marriage politics. Paul Schalow's original and challenging work inherits these concerns about the transcendence of love and carries them into a new realm of inquiry--the suffering of noblemen and the literary record of their hopes for transcendence through friendship. He traces this recurring theme, which he labels "courtly male friendship," in five important literary works ranging from the tenth-century
LC Classification NumberPL726.2.S34 2007
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