ATOMKara Monogatari: Tales of China
Kara Monogatari: Tales of China
By Wade GEDDES
The second work in our collaborative publishing program with the Center for Asian Studies at Arizona State University, this work includes a study and a complete, annotated translation of the late twelfth- or early thirteenth-century Japanese tale collection, the Kara monogatari (Tales of China).
The twenty-seven tales are interesting as stories, literate as short written pieces, and important as a Japanese cultural source, as well as being of interest to students of China. The Kara monogatari gave Japanese readers vernacular translations of some of the most well-known stories about China. It offers an interesting example of the transition in Japanese literature from the uta monogatari (poem tale) form to the setsuwa bungaku (story literature) form.
Details:
- 120 pages
- Trade paperback 5.5" x 8.5" (140 mm x 216 mm)
- ISBN 4-902075-15-6
- Kurodahan Press Book No. NS-J0014-L10
- List Price: US$15.00
- Cover: 'Chinese beauty' by Kanō Tsunenobu, (1636-1713). Fukuoka Art Museum collection, Ōta Collection.
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Other books in the ASU Center for Asian Studies collection at Kurodahan Press:
Akutagawa and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation
By James O'BRIEN
Wade Geddes received a B.A. in Asian Studies and English from the University of British Columbia in 1963. From 1963 to 1965 he studied Japanese literature at Osaka University of Foreign Languages and modern Japanese literature at Kobe University with Dr. Ino Kenji. Dr. Geddes did graduate work in premodern Japanese at Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his M.A. in 1970 and in 1976 became the first recipient of a PH.D. in Japanese from that institution. Dr. Geddes held a Japanese Government Fellowship from 1963 to 1965, a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship from 1963 to 1965, and Japan Foundation Fellowships from 1977 to 1978 and in 1984. He has taught at universities in Canada, the United States and Japan including McGill University, Colgate University, St. Lawrence University and Arizona State University. Dr. Geddes is now retired and lives in a small village in upper New York while frequently visiting Japan.