The Tale of Genji
Podcast |
Writ Large
Publisher |
Zachary Davis
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Books
Interview
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Books
History
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Dec 02, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:26:56
We don’t even know the real name of the 11th century author Murasaki Shikibu. But we do know that her book, The Tale of Genji, is arguably one of the most influential Japanese texts to date. Genji quickly captured its readers’ imaginations with political intrigue and court drama, but it can also be read as an astute critique of Japanese elite society.  Reginald Jackson is an associate professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature and Performance at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Textures of Mourning and is currently working on a book titled A Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in The Tale of Genji.  jackson.html">https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/people/faculty/reginald-jackson.html

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