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The story of stone : intertextuality, ancient Chinese stone lore, and the stone symbolism : in Dream of the red chamber, Water margin, and The journey to the west / Jing Wang.
Van Pelt Library PL2265 .W28 1992 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Jing, 1950-
- Series:
- Post-contemporary interventions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Stone in literature.
- Stone--Folklore.
- Stone.
- Cao, Xueqin, approximately 1717-1763. Hong lou meng.
- Cao, Xueqin.
- Weir, David. Water margin.
- Weir, David.
- Wu, Cheng'en, approximately 1500-approximately 1582. Xi you ji.
- Wu, Cheng'en.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- x, 347 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- In this pathbreaking study of three of the most familiar texts in the Chinese tradition--all concerning stones endowed with magical properties--Jing Wang develops a monumental reconstruction of ancient Chinese stone lore. Wang's thorough and systematic comparison of these classic works illuminates the various tellings of the stone story and provides new insight into major topics in traditional Chinese literature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 082231178X
- 082231195X
- OCLC:
- 23463479
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