The Confessions Of Lady Nijo
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The Confessions Of Lady Nijo
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Author : Nakanoin Masatada no Musume
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1976
The Confessions Of Lady Nijo written by Nakanoin Masatada no Musume and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Literary Criticism categories.
In about 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative, a tale of thirty-six years (1271-1306) in the life of Lady Nijo, starting when she became the concubine of a retired emperor in Kyoto at the age of fourteen and ending, several love affairs later, with an account of her new life as a wandering Buddhist nun. Through the vagaries of history, however, the glory of Lady Nijo's story has taken six and half centuries to arrive. The Confessions of Lady Nijo or Towazugatari in Japanese, was not widely circulated after it was written, perhaps because of the dynastic quarrel that soon split the imperial family, or perhaps because of Lady Nijo's intimate portrait of a very human emperor. Whatever the cause, the book was neglected, then forgotten completely, and only a single manuscript survived. This was finally discovered in 1940, but would not be published until after World War II in 1950. This translation and its annotations draw on multiple Japanese editions, but borrow most heavily from the interpretations offered by Tsugita Kasumi.
The Confessions Of Lady Nij
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Author : Nijō
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 1983
The Confessions Of Lady Nij written by Nijō and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Authors, Japanese categories.
Lady Nijo S Own Story
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 1999-10-15
Lady Nijo S Own Story written by and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lady Nijo, a lady–in–waiting of the thirteenth–century Japanese Imperial Court, was a small child when the young ex–Emperor Go Fukakusa took her under his protection. She was between twelve and thirteen years old when he made her his mistress, and for more than a decade after that the lovely young girl from one of Japan's most noble families lived at the court as an honored Lady in the ex–Emperor's entourage. As a historical work, the book documents the routine of long-ago court life, with its great emphasis on poetry contests, "football" games, drinking parties, and clothing (at the most tragic moment, Lady Nijo stops to describe what the messenger bringing word of her lover's death is wearing). Lady Nijo's story is much more than a day-to-day record of trivial events. It is the tale of a courageous woman, told with consummate skill. Scholars agree that the newly-discovered diary is one of the masterpieces of the country's literature, a genuine autobiography that not only records the social pastimes of the aristocracy, but also gives a contemporary view of the political and economic movements of the time.
Lady Nij S Own Story
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
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Traditional Japanese Theater
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Author : Karen Brazell
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1998
Traditional Japanese Theater written by Karen Brazell and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Drama categories.
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.
Lady Nijo S Own Story Towazu Gatari The Candid Diary Of A Thirteenth Century Japanese Imperial Concubine
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Author : Lady Nijo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Lady Nijo S Own Story Towazu Gatari The Candid Diary Of A Thirteenth Century Japanese Imperial Concubine written by Lady Nijo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Japan categories.
Top Girls
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Author : Caryl Churchill
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-22
Top Girls written by Caryl Churchill and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Performing Arts categories.
Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous. Her sister Joyce has her doubts. Her daughter Angie is just frightened. Since its premiere in 1982, Top Girls has become a seminal play of the modern theatre. Set during a period of British politics dominated by the presence of the newly elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Churchill's play prompts us to question our notions of women's success and solidarity. Its sharp look at the society and politics of the 1980s is combined with a timeless examination of women's choices and restrictions regarding career and family. This new Student Edition features an introduction by Sophie Bush, Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK prepared with the contemporary student in mind. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains: · A chronology of the play and the playwright's life and work · an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created · a succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece · an analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text · a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study.
Spider Eaters
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Author : Rae Yang
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-03
Spider Eaters written by Rae Yang and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Fifteen years after its first publication, Spider Eaters remains my go-to memoir about coming of age during the Mao years. Rae Yang's work is notable for its reflectiveness, complexity, psychological insight, and unflinching honesty. I commend this riveting work to a generation of readers for whom the cultural Revolution is now of 'merely' historical interest."—Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa Cruz "By oscillating between scenes that are bland in their matter-of-fact concreteness and ones that are almost unbelievable in their nightmarish cruelty and complexity, Rae Yang skillfully evokes the bizarre and contradictory 'revolutionary' world in which she grew up in Mao's China. Spider Eaters is a reminder of what a traumatic history the Chinese people have undergone this century and that a country's past—even when many would rather forget it—always lives irrevocably on within those who experienced it."—Orville Schell, author of Mandate of Heaven "How can we expect anyone to know the United States without understanding the effect the Sixties had on all of us? Similarly, how can we know China without comprehending the impact the Sixties and the Cultural Revolution had on its politics, culture, and people? Rae Yang's Spider Eaters goes far in building that understanding. It is a gripping memoir."—Lisa See, author of On Gold Mountain
Monks Bandits Lovers And Immortals
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2010-03-01
Monks Bandits Lovers And Immortals written by and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-01 with History categories.
This magnificent collection of eleven early [1250–1450] Chinese plays will give readers a vivid sense of life and a clear understanding of dramatic literature during an extraordinarily eventful period in Chinese history. Not only are the eleven plays in this volume expertly translated into lively, idiomatic English; they are each provided with illuminating, scholarly introductions that are yet fully intelligible to the educated lay reader. A marvelous volume.--Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
1q84
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Author : Haruki Murakami
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-03-10
1q84 written by Haruki Murakami and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-10 with Fiction categories.
The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting. '1Q84 has a range and sophistication that surpasses anything else in his oeuvre.' Independent on Sunday ‘Murakami's magnum opus’ Japan Times ‘Vibrating with wit, intellect and ambition’ The Times