Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor of Japanese Literature
Ph.D., UC Berkeley
- 322 Pugh Hall
- yhulvey@ufl.edu
- 352.392.4916
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Areas of Interest
I specialize in classical Japanese prose and poetry, especially literature written by women who served at the royal court from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries (Heian and Kamakura periods). I teach literature courses focusing on gender in premodern and contemporary Japan.
Selected Publications
Book
- Sacred Rites in Moonlight: Ben no Naishi Nikki, a study and translation of a thirteenth-century poetic memoir written by a female courtier who served the 89th sovereign, Go-Fukakusa (r. 1246-59), Cornell East Asia Series, 2005.
Courses Taught
- JPT 3140 Modern Women Writers
- JPT 3150 Classical Japanese Poetry
- JPT 3300 Samurai War Tales
- JPT 4130 The Tale of Genji
- JPW 4130 Readings in Japanese Literature
- JPW 4131 Texts and Contexts