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DescriptionA Poetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan by Paul Gordon Schalow (Author) Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (15 Dec. 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0824830202 ISBN-13: 978-0824830205 Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for evidence that women hoped to move beyond the constraints of marriage politics. Paul Schalow's original and challenging work inherits these concerns about the transcendence of love and carries them into a new realm of inquiry - the suffering of noblemen and the literary record of their hopes for transcendence through friendship. He traces this recurring theme, which he labels "courtly male friendship," in five important literary works ranging from the tenth-century "Tale of Ise" to the early eleventh-century "Tale of Genji". Whether authored by men or women, the depictions of male friendship addressed in this work convey the differing perspectives of male and female authors profoundly shaped by their gender roles in the court aristocracy. Schalow's analysis clarifies in particular how Heian literature articulates the nobleman's wish to be known and appreciated fully by another man.[/b About the Author Paul Gordon Schalow teaches Japanese literature in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Rutgers University. Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poet...le+Friendship+in+Heian+Japan Keep Seeding, Please leave your comments after downloading. If you like my upload please hit like button Sharing Widget |