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OverviewIn Man'yoshu and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan, Torquil Duthie examines the literary representation of the late seventh-century Yamato court as a realm of all under heaven. Through close readings of the early volumes of the poetic anthology Man'yoshu (c. eighth century) and the last volumes of the official history Nihon shoki (c. 720), Duthie shows how competing political interests and different styles of representation produced not a unified ideology, but rather a bundle of disparate imperial imaginaries collected around the figure of the imperial sovereign. Central to this process was the creation of a tradition of vernacular poetry in which Yamato courtiers could participate and recognize themselves as the cultured officials of the new imperial realm. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Torquil DuthiePublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 45 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.842kg ISBN: 9789004251717ISBN 10: 9004251715 Pages: 444 Publication Date: 09 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThe many observations this book affords have the potential to enlarge our understanding of early Japan far beyond the seventh century that is its ostensible focus. [...] Considerations of space make it impossible to do full justice to the wealth of issues, information, and insights that this extensively researched and erudite study has to offer. [...] this book is a most welcome and important contribution to the burgeoning field of English-language scholarship on early Japan. Gustav Heldt in Japan Review Nr. 28 (2015), pp. 258-260. The many observations this book affords have the potential to enlarge our understanding of early Japan far beyond the seventh century that is its ostensible focus. [...] Considerations of space make it impossible to do full justice to the wealth of issues, information, and insights that this extensively researched and erudite study has to offer. [...] this book is a most welcome and important contribution to the burgeoning field of English-language scholarship on early Japan. Gustav Heldt in Japan Review Nr. 28 (2015), pp. 258-260. Author InformationTorquil Duthie, Ph.D. (2005), Columbia University, is Assistant professor of premodern Japanese literature at UCLA. He is the author of articles on early Japanese poetry and historiography, and of translations of the Man'yoshu into English and the Kokinshu into Spanish. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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