DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Tale of Genji

A Norton Critical Edition

Murasaki Shikibu author Dennis Washburn translator Dennis Washburn editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:16th Apr '21

Should be back in stock very soon

The Tale of Genji cover

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • Dennis Washburn’s acclaimed and unabridged translation of Murasaki Shikibu’s eleventh-century literary masterpiece, widely considered the world’s first novel.
  • Editorial matter by Dennis Washburn.
  • Fourteen background selections—from the eleventh-century The Daughter of Sugawara no Takasue to Virginia Woolf—carefully selected to increase the reader’s understanding and appreciation of this nuanced and vibrant work.
  • Nine critical essays on The Tale of Genji’s central themes.
  • An index of songs and poetry, three chronologies and a selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

ISBN: 9780393933987

Dimensions: 236mm x 178mm x 43mm

Weight: 1330g

1424 pages

Critical edition