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Literati storytelling in late medieval China / Manling Luo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luo, Manling, author.
- Series:
- Modern language initiative
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--Tang dynasty, 618-907--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Chinese literature--Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979--History and criticism.
- Storytelling in literature.
- Storytelling--China.
- Storytelling.
- Literature and society--China--History--To 1500.
- Literature and society.
- China--Intellectual life--Tang dynasty, 618-907.
- China.
- China--Intellectual life--Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, [Washington] ; London, [England] : University of Washington Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in diverse forms, including narrative poems, "tales of the marvelous, " "records of the strange, " historical miscellanies, and transformation texts. Through storytelling, literati explored their own changing place in a society that was making its final transition from hereditary aristocracy to a meritocracy ostensibly open to all. Literati Storytelling shows how these writings offer crucial insights into the reconfiguration of the Chinese elite, which monopolized literacy, social prestige, and political participation in imperial China.
- Contents:
- Sovereignty: the case of the illustrious emperor
- Literati sociality: remembering individuals and community in historical miscellanies
- Sexuality: women, literati, and nonmarital bonds
- Cosmic mobility: the possibility and impossibility of moving beyond
- Conclusion: the power and legacies of late medieval literati storytelling.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295805603
- 0295805609
- OCLC:
- 909456953
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