| Acknowledgments |
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| Note to the Reader |
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| Introduction |
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| PART I: THE AESTHETICS OF POWER |
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Kingship and Transgression |
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The ``Exile of the Young Noble,'' |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (4) |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (2) |
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Transgression and Renewal |
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12 | (5) |
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17 | (7) |
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24 | (19) |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (8) |
| PART II: HIDDEN FLOWERS |
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Love, Marriage, and the Romance: Young Lavender |
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43 | (13) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (4) |
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Narrative Form, Polyphony, and the Social Periphery: The Broom Tree Chapters |
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56 | (32) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (3) |
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Social Difference: Utsusemi |
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62 | (4) |
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Nature and Social Status: Yugao |
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66 | (2) |
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Comic Counterpoint: Suetsumuhana, Gen no naishi |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (2) |
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History, Myth, and Women's Literature: The Akashi Lady |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (4) |
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84 | (4) |
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Pseudo-Incest: The Tamakazura Sequence |
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88 | (19) |
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Wicked Stepmothers and Erotic Stepmothers |
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88 | (3) |
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The Resistant Stepdaughter |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (4) |
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100 | (7) |
| PART III: LYRIC TRAGEDY |
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107 | (13) |
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The ``Unmaking'' of the Heroine |
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111 | (2) |
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Other Voices: The Rokujo Lady |
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113 | (3) |
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Variations: The Yugiri Sequence |
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116 | (4) |
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The Lyric Mode and the Lament |
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120 | (13) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (5) |
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128 | (5) |
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Analogous Relationships: Fallen Princesses |
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133 | (18) |
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134 | (6) |
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140 | (5) |
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Nyobo and Freedom of Choice |
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145 | (3) |
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Nakanokimi and Orthodox Marriage |
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148 | (3) |
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Repetition and Difference: Ukifune |
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151 | (18) |
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The Disadvantaged Stepdaughter |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (5) |
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161 | (3) |
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164 | (5) |
| PART IV: THE SPIRITUAL QUEST |
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169 | (14) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (5) |
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177 | (6) |
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Darkness of the Heart: The Eighth Prince, Kaoru, and Ukifune |
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183 | (22) |
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184 | (2) |
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The Floating Bridge of Dreams |
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186 | (7) |
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193 | (6) |
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199 | (6) |
| Appendix A: Principal Characters in the `Genji' |
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205 | (10) |
| Appendix B: A Note on the Author and the Texts of the `Genji Monogatari' |
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215 | (12) |
| Notes |
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227 | (22) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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249 | (16) |
| Index |
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