First assembled from scattered oral poems in the early 14th century, 'The Tale of the Heike' is as familiar a touchstone to the Japanese as the Bible or the Arthurian legends in the West.

Royall Tyler's 'The Contrast,' presented by DigiCat Publishing in this special edition, stands as a noteworthy piece in the annals of American theater, distinguished for its early adoption of the American-centric themes contrasted with ...

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A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Richard Dana, Royall Tyler’s The Algerine Captive is an entertaining romp through eighteenth-century ...

These seven essays by the most recent English translator of The Tale of Genji emphasize three major interpretive issues. What is the place of the hero (Hikaru Genji) in the work?

The work's values are aristocratic, but the text sheds light on the syncretic nature of the era's religious practices, allowing Tyler to collapse the distinction between high and low forms of medieval Japanese religion.

Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture.

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.