Emerging from materials the author developed while teaching, A Handbook to Classical Japanese draws on twenty-five years of experience in addressing problem areas for those learning the language The work dealашййьs with the central issue of classical language namely, verb -endings: specifically, the endings of verbs, verbal adjectives, pseudo-adjectives, and verb-suffixes The Handbook treats the issue systematically, presenting 670 real-language examples, nearly 400 of which aбиабнre discretely different quotatios The work s extensive Introduction walks the reader through key problem areas The body of the Handbook, with its hundreds of examples, serves as a kind of reader; thirty-two verb-suffixes are illustrated in all of their forms or functions (with at leas two examples of each) The Handbook s seven appendices introduce a wide range of Western-language material, including comprehensive information about other translations into English, French, German, anбрдэуd Spanish of all texts cited especially helpful for ptential comparative translation study For those unfamiliar with the topic, the section on Orthography is a model of clarity Throughout the Handbook, highlighted items in Japanese are printed in bright red and their romanization in dark-black small capitls, to repeat and reinforce material at both conscious and unconscious levels via complementary graphic features The volume can be used as an introduction to classical Japanese, an initial textbook, a companion text, a review text, and/or a reference wor Автор John Timothy Wixted.