Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong

Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong

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Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong’s Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China.

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Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong

Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglongs Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China.

"As a truly complete collection of vernacular stories, [this volume] clearly sets a new standard for the English-speaking world"

* Review of Bibliography in Sinology *

"An important addition to any collection supporting Asian literature in translation or Chinese history."

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Shuhui Yang is associate professor of Chinese at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He is the author of Appropriation and Representation: Feng Menglong and the Chinese Vernacular Story. Yunqin Yang is a freelance simultaneous interpreter at the United Nations.For other titles in the collection go to http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/ming.html

SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780295978444
ISBN 10 0295978449
Titel Stories Old and New
Autor Feng Menglong
Serie Stories Old And New
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag University of Washington Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2000-04-01
Seitenanzahl 825
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