Leaf by Leaf | The Tale of Genji (源氏物語) by Murasaki Shikibu - translated by Royall Tyler @LeafbyLeaf | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
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Contents
00:00:00 Opening Remarks
00:01:56 Welcome
00:06:05 Discovering the Genji
00:11:49 Reading the Genji
00:17:59 Note-taking
00:25:54 Things Genji Anticipates
00:26:43 Plot Summary
00:32:23 Choosing a Translation
00:42:47 Excerpts from Experts
01:13:29 3 Key Japanese Concepts
01:19:54 The Flavor of the Genji
01:30:10 4 Notable Scenes

Bibliography
- "Heian Holiday" by Michael Dirda
- _The New Lifetime Reading Plan_ by Clifton Fadiman & John S. Major
- _The Novel: An Alternative History_ by Steven Moore
- _Genji Days_ by Edward G. Seidensticker
- _Seeds in the Heart_ by Donald Keene
- _The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of The Tale of Genji_ by Hatsuo Shirane
- _Genius_ by Harold Bloom
- _The Norton Anthology of World Literature_
- "The Tale of Genji: What makes a compelling literary translation?" by Dylan MacNeil: linkedin.com/pulse/tale-genji-what-makes-compelling-literary-translation-dylan-macneil/?trackingId=Nos6%2Bzl8RDyLRa4UEpP27g%3D%3D
- "The Tale of Genji: A Translation Comparison" by Dylan MacNeil: linkedin.com/pulse/tale-genji-translation-comparison-dylan-macneil

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