The Tale of the Heike (Penguin Classics)

The Tale of the Heike (Penguin Classics)

From the acclaimed translator ofÂ The Tale of Genji, a groundbreaking rendering of Japanâ€™s great martial epic

The fourteenth-centuryÂ Tale of the HeikeÂ is Japanâ€™sÂ Iliadâ€”a moving depiction of the late twelfth-century wars between the Heike and Genji clans. No work has had a greater impact on later Japanese literature, theater, music, film, and mangaâ€”indeed on the Japanese peopleâ€™s sense of their own past. It has also been a major source for medieval-Japan-based fantasy in English. With woodcuts by nineteenth-century artist Teisai Hokuba, a major student of the great Hokusai, Royall Tylerâ€™s stunning presentation of this touchstone of Japanese culture recreates the oral epic as it was actually performed and conveys the rich and vigorous language of the original.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143107262
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-03-25
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780143107262

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143107262
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-03-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780143107262

The Tale of the Heike (Penguin Classics)

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