Helen Craig McCullough (1918–1998)

Author of Genji & Heike: Selections from The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike

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About the Author

Helen Craig McCullough (1918-1998), Professor Emeritus of Oriental Languages at the University of California, Berkeley

Includes the names: H.C. McCullough, Helen McCullough, Helen C. McCullough, Helen Craig McCollough, Helen McCullough Translator

Works by Helen Craig McCullough

Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology (1990) 87 copies, 1 review

The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan (0014) — Translator — 81 copies, 1 review

Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese (1993) 38 copies

Yoshitsune: A 15th Century Japanese Chronicle (1966) — Translator — 25 copies, 1 review

Kokin Wakashu: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry: With ‘Tosa Nikki’ and ‘Shinsen Waka’ (English… (1985) 16 copies

Okagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies) (1991) 14 copies

Brocade by Night: 'Kokin Wakashu' and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry (1985) 10 copies

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Associated Works

The Tale of the Heike (0013) — Translator, some editions — 579 copies, 4 reviews

Tales of Ise (1968) — Translator, some editions — 253 copies, 4 reviews

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Legal name: McCullough, Helen Craig
Birthdate: 1918-02-17
Date of death: 1998-04-06
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Places of residence: California, USA
Education: University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupations: professor emerita
Organizations: University of California, Berkeley

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The Taiheiki : a chronicle of medieval Japan by Various Japanese writers

The civil wars of the 1330's are portrayed in this heroic account . It is not often quotably factual, but a is good Saga-like work of literature, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Bushido. The translation is accurate, as I understand the text is not in the best literary japanese. While the characterization of the lesser figures sometimes breaks down, it is quite readable, and is more reliable than Geoffrey of Monmouth's arthuriana.

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Classical Japanese Prose: An Anthology by Helen McCullough

Valuable collection of material, some of it hard to find elsewhere in English

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Yoshitsune: A 15th Century Japanese Chronicle by Helen McCullough

The classic version of the legends surrounding Minamoto
Yoshitsune, the most notable hero of the Gempei War in the 1180s. This version is later and somewhat fictionalized but still interesting.

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