Chen Pingyuan,
Chen (Peking University, Beijing) Pingyuan
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2016
9781107069886
The Development of Chinese Martial Arts Fiction
A History of Wuxia Literature
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Gebonden, 274 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2016
ISBN13: 9781107069886
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
The Cambridge China
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Samenvatting
Chen Pingyuan is one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese literature, known particularly for his work on wuxia, a popular and influential genre of historical martial arts fiction still celebrated around the world today. This work, presented here in English translation for the first time, is considered to be the seminal work on the evolution, aesthetics and politics of the modern Chinese wuxia novel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tracing the resurgence of interest in classical chivalric tales in China.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781107069886
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:274
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:The Cambridge China
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Wuxia novels and me; 1. The Xiake dream of the literati through the ages; 2. Haoxia stories of the Tang and Song dynasties; 3. Xiayi novels of the Qing dynasty; 4. Twentieth-century Wuxia novels; 5. Carrying a sword and doing Xiake deeds; 6. Sweet revenge; 7. The smiling proud Xiake; 8. Roving to the ends of the world; 9. Wuxia novels as a literary genre; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.