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Herschel Miller

Courses: Reading The Tale of Genji, Readings in the Japanese Language

B.A., University of California-Berkeley. M.Phil., Columbia University. Currently completing Ph.D. at Columbia University. Dissertation topic: bodily metamorphosis in premodern Japanese literature. Special interests include Buddhist influences in Japanese literature; supernatural tales; gender and marriage; and the uses of irony and humor. Author of various modern, premodern, and early modern Japanese-English translations; recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, Columbia University. SLC, 2004 - Present.