The development of Chinese martial arts fiction / Chen Pingyuan ; with an introduction by Michel Hockx ; translated by Victor Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Petersen, Victor, translator.

Hockx, Michel, translator.

Series:

Cambridge China library

The Cambridge China library

Standardized Title:

Qian gu wen ren xia ke meng. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Martial arts fiction, Chinese--History and criticism.

Martial arts fiction, Chinese.

Chinese fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Chinese fiction.

Martial arts in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 259 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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 late Qing China"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107069886

1107069882

OCLC:

958874625