The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji

by Field, Norma

• ISBN13: 9780691014364
• ISBN10: 0691014361
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-04-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Preface
Principal Characters
Introduction	p. 3
Three Heroines and the Making of the Hero	p. 18
Dichotomies and Substitution: Fujitsubo	p. 18
Transgression, Exile, and the Development of Fiction	p. 33
The Rokujo Lady: Pride and Possession	p. 45
The Elusive Self in Heian Japan	p. 51
Meeting in Exile	p. 64
At the Capital: The Akashi Lady as Urban Aristocrat	p. 74
A Minor Heroine and the Unmaking of the Hero	p. 86
Minor Chapters and Minor Heroines	p. 86
The Noble Exile and the Stepdaughter	p. 91
The Eastern Pavilion and the Battle of the Seasons	p. 103
The Rokujoin: Prelude	p. 111
Spring in the Rokujoin	p. 117
Fiction and Courtship	p. 125
Varieties of Carnation: The Lady of Omi and Tamakazura	p. 136
Autumn in the Rokujoin	p. 141
Tamakazura: The Stolen Prize	p. 144
A Substitute for All Seasons	p. 160
The Naming of a Heroine	p. 160
Childhood as a Symbolic State	p. 166
Idealized Banality and Its Rupture	p. 174
The Growth of Vision	p. 180
The Staging of Death	p. 188
The Hero Alone	p. 198
Women Beyond the Capital	p. 217
Uji Before the Uji Chapters	p. 217
Secrets, Fragrances, and Vocation: The Men of Uji	p. 221
Sisterhood in Uje: Oigimi, the Firstborn	p. 235
Between Authenticity and Substitution: Nakanokimi	p. 257
Drifting Beyond Substitution: Ukifune	p. 263
Postscript	p. 297
Chapter Titles in the Tale of Genji	p. 303
Abbreviations	p. 307
Notes	p. 309
Works Cited	p. 349
Index	p. 363
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