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Unbinding The Pillow Book

- The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic

About Unbinding The Pillow Book

Gergana Ivanova explores how The Pillow Book and its author have been read from the seventeenth century to the present. She shows how various ideologies have influenced the text and shaped interactions among its different versions, in the first book-length study in English of the reception history of Sei Shonagon.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780231187992
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 240
  • Published:
  • April 5, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x151x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 348 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 25, 2025

Description of Unbinding The Pillow Book

Gergana Ivanova explores how The Pillow Book and its author have been read from the seventeenth century to the present. She shows how various ideologies have influenced the text and shaped interactions among its different versions, in the first book-length study in English of the reception history of Sei Shonagon.

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