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This introduction to 'The Tale of Genji', which is sometimes thought of as the world's first novel and is one of the earliest major female literary works, sketches its cultural background and offers a textual analysis of the language used. It will be of interest to students of both Japanese and world literature.Bowring, Richard is the author of 'Murasaki Shikibu The Tale of Genji', published 2003 under ISBN 9780521539753 and ISBN 0521539757.
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