Screen LibraryShifting stories : history, gossip, and lore in narratives from Tang dynasty China /
"Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and th...
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Harvard University Asia Center,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge (Massachusetts) : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Chinese |
| Series: |
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
95 |
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| Summary: |
"Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult"--Provided by the publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 311 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674417205 0674417208 |
| Index Number: | GR335 |
| CLC: |
I206.2 I207.7 |
| Call Number: | I207.7/A429 |
| Contents: | Note on texts and editions -- Introduction -- Telling stories, writing tales -- Filling the gaps : tales on and against history -- Strange encounters : exploring a formula -- Strange encounters : contrivance and wit -- Rewritings : authorship and the authority of the written text -- Toward the closing of texts : the anthology Yiwen ji -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Major tales and tale collections referenced in the text. |