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Columbia Anthology Of Chinese Folk & Pop
. Ed(S): Mair, Victor H.; Bender, Mark
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Description for Columbia Anthology Of Chinese Folk & Pop
Hardback. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H.; Bender, Mark. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1048.
In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups--including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak--and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts, from the story of the woman warrior Hua Mulan to the ... Read more
In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups--including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak--and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts, from the story of the woman warrior Hua Mulan to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153126
SKU
V9780231153126
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About . Ed(S): Mair, Victor H.; Bender, Mark
Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and editor of The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature and The Columbia History of Chinese Literature.Mark Bender is associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures at The Ohio State University and author of Plum and Bamboo: China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition and Butterfly Mother: ... Read more
Reviews for Columbia Anthology Of Chinese Folk & Pop
A work of monumental proportions, filling a huge gap in a field that most Chinese literature scholars in the West and China have chosen to ignore.
Susan R. Blader, Dartmouth College, translator of Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants, Selections from Sanxia Wuyi The first book to offer a substantial, representative sample of China's rich and complex ... Read more
Susan R. Blader, Dartmouth College, translator of Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants, Selections from Sanxia Wuyi The first book to offer a substantial, representative sample of China's rich and complex ... Read more