Tang dynasty tales : a guided reader / [introduction and notes by] William H. Nienhauser, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nienhauser, William H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction--Tang dynasty, 618-907.

Chinese fiction.

Chinese fiction--Tang dynasty, 618-907--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the genre of ""Tang"" tales in English, including discussions of the numerous Chinese studies from the last decade. ""Tang Tales"" itself contains the first annotated translations of these famous stories, which are deciphered and interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in the medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual readings employed by Glen Dudbridge in ""The Tale of Li Wa"" (Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to the resonances to the classical texts; the translator's notes follo

Contents:

The tale of Hongxian / Translated by Weiguo Cao

Du Zichun / Rania Huntington

Record within a pillow / Bruce J. Knickerbocker

An account of the governor of the Southern branch / William H. Nienhauser, Jr.

The tale of the curly-bearded guest / Jing Wang

The tale of Huo Xiaoyu / Zhenjun Zhang.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613143877

9781283143875

1283143879

9789814287296

9814287296

OCLC:

740444824