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The kitchen god and his wives : a modern Chinese folk epic / translated and introduced by Wilt L. Idema.
Van Pelt Library PL2519.E5 G8613 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cornell East Asia series ; 223.
- Cornell East Asia series ; number 223
- Standardized Title:
- Guo Dingxiang. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Chinese--Translations into English.
- Epic poetry, Chinese.
- Genre:
- epic poetry.
- Epic poetry.
- Folk literature.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Modern Chinese folk epic
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell East Asia series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The Kitchen God and his Wives is a translation of the orally transmitted folk epic "Guo DIngxiang," a Chinese legend of a virtuous wife, her abusive husband, and their eventual elevation to godhood as the deities of the stove"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The stove and the stove god
- Stove tales and their performance
- The discovery of stove-singing and the three editions of Guo Dingxiang
- Guo Dingxiang.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kitchen god and his wives.
- ISBN:
- 9781501779121
- 1501779125
- 9781501779138
- 1501779133
- OCLC:
- 1463676065
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