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Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China (Modern Language Initiative Books)
Manling Luo
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Description for Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China (Modern Language Initiative Books)
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295994154
SKU
V9780295994154
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About Manling Luo
Manling Luo is assistant professor of Chinese literature at Indiana University.
Reviews for Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China (Modern Language Initiative Books)
[An] original and insightful new study of late Tang narratives. . . . Literati Storytelling takes an innovative, hybrid approach to this vast and heterogeneous corpus. . . . Literati Storytelling produces important new interpretations that stress the limits of subversion in Tang romance.
Gregory Patterson
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Scholars of the Tang dynasty ... Read more
Gregory Patterson
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Scholars of the Tang dynasty ... Read more