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10%OFFJudith T. Zeitlin - Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale - 9780804729680 - V9780804729680
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Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale

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Description for Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale Paperback.

This is the first book in English on the seventeenth-century Chinese masterpiece Liaozhai's Records of the Strange (Liaozhai zhiyi) by Pu Songling, a collection of nearly five hundred fantastic tales and anecdotes written in Classical Chinese.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804729680
SKU
V9780804729680
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

Reviews for Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale
"It is good to see a whole book devoted to the Liaozhai in English, that gives it as serious a study as it deserves: an informative and fascinating account of the background and world that produced it."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society "Zeitlin's book may be described as a study of the Liaozhai tales in their cultural and intercultural context. ... Read more

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