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27%OFFNo Yasumaro O - The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters - 9780231163897 - V9780231163897
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The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters

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Description for The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters Paperback. Translator(s): Heldt, Gustav. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN3; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while staying true to the distinctively dramatic and evocative appeal of the original's language. It conveys the rhythms that structure the Kojiki's animated style of storytelling and translates the names of its many people and places to clarify their significance within the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231163897
SKU
V9780231163897
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Ref
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About No Yasumaro O
O no Yasumaro (d. 723) was a nobleman of the Japanese court whose O clan ruled over an area bearing the same name near the eighth-century capital of Nara. Gustav Heldt is an associate professor of Japanese literature at the University of Virginia and the author of The Pursuit of Harmony: Poetry and Power in Early Heian Japan.

Reviews for The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters
An accomplished and approachable translation of a crucially important work that has been desperately in need of such a new rendition.
David Lurie, Columbia University A translation of the Kojiki that is accurate and faithful to the original and at the same time exciting to read. A key element of the Kojiki mythology is the power of naming, and ... Read more

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