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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: no Yasumaro Ō , Gustav HeldtPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.524kg ISBN: 9780231163880ISBN 10: 0231163886 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 09 September 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAn accomplished and approachable new translation of a crucially important work that has been desperately in need of such a new rendition. -- David Lurie, Columbia University A highly accomplished 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 Heldt's decision to translate the names of its various gods and royal figures has brought the narrative alive in a way that it has never been before in English. -- Torquil Duthie, UCLA Author InformationO 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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