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The Pillow Book
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Author : Peter Greenaway
language : en
Publisher: Dis Voir Editions
Release Date : 1996
The Pillow Book written by Peter Greenaway and has been published by Dis Voir Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Performing Arts categories.
Script of Greenaway's 1995 film, The pillow book, which was made as an homage to the 10th century story by Sei Shōnagon entitled Makura no sōshi, on which it is loosely based.
The Pillow Book
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Author : Sei Shonagon
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-11-30
The Pillow Book written by Sei Shonagon and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-30 with History categories.
A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics.
Unbinding The Pillow Book
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Author : Gergana Ivanova
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2018-11-06
Unbinding The Pillow Book written by Gergana Ivanova 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 2018-11-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has also been marginalized within Japanese literature for reasons including the gender of its author, the work’s complex textual history, and its thematic and stylistic depth. In Unbinding The Pillow Book, Gergana Ivanova offers a reception history of The Pillow Book and its author from the seventeenth century to the present that shows how various ideologies have influenced the text and shaped interactions among its different versions. Ivanova examines how and why The Pillow Book has been read over the centuries, placing it in the multiple contexts in which it has been rewritten, including women’s education, literary scholarship, popular culture, “pleasure quarters,” and the formation of the modern nation-state. Drawing on scholarly commentaries, erotic parodies, instruction manuals for women, high school textbooks, and comic books, she considers its outsized role in ideas about Japanese women writers. Ultimately, Ivanova argues for engaging the work’s plurality in order to achieve a clearer understanding of The Pillow Book and the importance it has held for generations of readers, rather than limiting it to a definitive version or singular meaning. The first book-length study in English of the reception history of Sei Shōnagon, Unbinding The Pillow Book sheds new light on the construction of gender and sexuality, how women’s writing has been used to create readerships, and why ancient texts continue to play vibrant roles in contemporary cultural production.
The Pillow Book Of Sei Sh Nagon
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-03
The Pillow Book Of Sei Sh Nagon written by 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 2018-07-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. Featuring reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, conversation, poetry, and many other subjects, The Pillow Book is an intimate look at the experiences and outlook of the Heian upper class, further enriched by Ivan Morris's extensive notes and critical contextualization.
A Pillow Book
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Author : Suzanne Buffam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
A Pillow Book written by Suzanne Buffam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Poetry categories.
"Sponsored by The Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan."
The Pillow Book Of The Flower Samurai
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Author : Barbara Lazar
language : en
Publisher: Headline
Release Date : 2013-06-04
The Pillow Book Of The Flower Samurai written by Barbara Lazar and has been published by Headline this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-04 with Fiction categories.
I am Kozaisho: Fifth daughter, Woman-For-Play, teller of stories, lover, wife and Flower Samurai. In the rich, dazzling, brutal world of twelfth century Japan, one young girl begins her epic journey, from the warmth of family to the Village of Outcasts. Marked out by an auspicious omen, she is trained in the ancient warrior arts of the samurai. But it is through the power of storytelling that she learns to fight her fate, twisting her life onto a path even she could not have imagined...
This Is All
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Author : Aidan Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-07-28
This Is All written by Aidan Chambers and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together. She chooses the old and famous Japanese book, 'The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon, as a model in order to include all kinds of things she has already written as well as the episodes and thoughts she has now as she compiles her book. She tells of her mother (who died when Cordelia was 5) of her father and her aunt Doris (who marry when she is 16), of her love for William Blacklin, the boy with whom she chooses to have her first sex - and with whom she falls deeply in love. She writes about Julie Martin her teacher who helps her spiritually, describes her love affair with an older married man and her terrifying sexual experience with an unbalanced young man who is obsessed with her. The book includes thoughts on being a women, on poetry, music, reading and writing, on being pregnant and finally of her marriage to William. This Is All is an anthology, written in six 'books' of Cordelia's adolescent life, by turns funny, poignant, sad, exciting, fascinating ironic and truthful about topics that parents often do not tell their children. It is a richly entertaining and challenging read.
The Pillow Book
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Author : Peter Greenaway
language : fr
Publisher: Dis Voir
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Pillow Book written by Peter Greenaway and has been published by Dis Voir this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Motion picture plays categories.
Le film The pillow book se déroule à Kyoto et Hong Kong à la fin du XXe siècle. Hommage au livre de Sei Shonagon, composé dix siècles plus tôt, le film de Peter Greenaway s'est inspiré de la sensibilité et de l'art de l'écrivain, pour raconter l'histoire d'une Sei Shonagon contemporaine qui ne peut s'empêcher d'écrire des textes sur le corps de ses amants.
Worlding Sei Sh Nagon
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Author : Valerie Henitiuk
language : en
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Release Date : 2012-06-16
Worlding Sei Sh Nagon written by Valerie Henitiuk and has been published by University of Ottawa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Makura no Sôshi, or The Pillow Book as it is generally known in English, is a collection of personal reflections and anecdotes about life in the Japanese royal court composed around the turn of the eleventh century by a woman known as Sei Shônagon. Its opening section, which begins haru wa akebono, or “spring, dawn,” is arguably the single most famous passage in Japanese literature. Throughout its long life, The Pillow Book has been translated countless times. It has captured the European imagination with its lyrical style, compelling images and the striking personal voice of its author. Worlding Sei Shônagon guides the reader through the remarkable translation history of The Pillow Book in the West, gathering almost fifty translations of the “spring, dawn” passage, which span one-hundred-and-thirty-five years and sixteen languages. Many of the translations are made readily available for the first time in this study. The versions collected in Worlding Sei Shônagon are an enlightening example of the many ways in which translations can differ from their source text, undermining the idea of translation as the straightforward transfer of meaning from one language to another, one culture to another. By tracing the often convoluted trajectory through which a once wholly foreign literary work becomes domesticated—or resists domestication—this compilation also exposes the various historical, ideological or other forces that inevitably shape our experience of literature, for better or for worse.
The Erotic Sentiment In The Paintings Of India And Nepal
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Author : Nik Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Park Street Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The Erotic Sentiment In The Paintings Of India And Nepal written by Nik Douglas and has been published by Park Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Social Science categories.
• A full-color collection of Eastern erotic art that presents lovemaking as a highly spiritual expression. • Brings together some of the finest examples of erotic art from India and Nepal, including pieces from the private collection of Nepalese royalty. • Includes commentaries and translations of verse from authentic Tantric treatises. • Companion book to The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of China and Japan. Hindu culture has always viewed lovemaking as one of the highest forms of spiritual and artistic expression. In the past it was customary to present newlyweds with beautifully painted erotic manuals on their wedding night. These "pillow books," often illustrated by great artists, helped to break down barriers and initiate the young couples into the aesthetics and techniques of physical love. A variety of pillow books are represented in The Erotic Sentiment, bringing together some of the finest examples from India and Nepal, including pieces from the private collection of a Nepalese king. Accompanying these exquisite reproductions are commentaries and translations of verse from authentic Tantric treatises. Together with the paintings, they elevate physical love to the spiritual realm of joyous ecstasy.