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Translations from the Asian Classics

The Tales of the Heike

Watson, Burton

The Tales of the Heike

Translations from the Asian Classics

The Tales of the Heike

Translations from the Asian Classics: The Tales of the Heike

 

The Tales of the Heike is one of the most influential works in Japanese literature and culture, remaining even today a crucial source for fiction, drama, and popular media. Originally written in the mid-thirteenth century, it features a cast of vivid characters and chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike and changed the course of Japanese history.


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Beschrijving Translations from the Asian Classics: The Tales of the Heike

Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai.


ISBN
9780231138031
Pagina's
232
Verschenen
Serie
Translations from the Asian Classics
NUR
610
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Columbia University Press

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