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Author | : Robert Wexelblatt |
Publisher | : Regal House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-08-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781947548930 |
After performing a perilous service for the future Emperor, the peasant Chen Hsi-wei turns down the customary rewards in favor of receiving an education. The Court is astonished by this unheard-of request, but orders the strict teacher Shen Kuo to do what he can with the boy. In the course of copying out the words of the ancient masters, Hsi-wei begins writing poems of his own. As a young man, Hsi-wei leaves the capital for a vagabond life, supporting himself by making straw sandals. He encounters people of all stations and occupations, trekking through landscapes both flat and mountainous. He learns of the terrible price of building the Grand Canal, the miseries caused by floods, droughts, and endless wars. To his astonishment, Hsi-wei gains a degree of fame, first as a curiosity, then as a writer whose poems are beloved by the people and pass into the vast life of China.
Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 1108 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780253329837 |
"A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.
Author | : Marshall R. Pihl |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2020-10-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1684170176 |
P’ansori, the traditional oral narrative of Korea, is sung by a highly trained soloist to the accompaniment of complex drumming. The singer both narrates the story and dramatizes all the characters, male and female. Performances require as long as six hours and make extraordinary vocal demands. In the first book-length treatment in English of this remarkable art form, Marshall R. Pihl traces the history of p’ansori from its roots in shamanism and folktales through its nineteenth-century heyday under highly acclaimed masters and discusses its evolution in the twentieth century. After examining the place of p’ansori in popular entertainment and its textual tradition, he analyzes the nature of texts in the repertoire and explains the vocal and rhythmic techniques required to perform them. Pihl’s superb translation of the alternately touching and comic "Song of Shim Ch’ong"--the first annotated English translation of a full p’ansori performance text--illustrates the emotional range, narrative variety, and technical complexity of p’ansori literature. The Korean Singer of Tales will interest not only Korean specialists, but also students of comparative literature, folklore, anthropology, and music.
Author | : Nanxiu Qian |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824823979 |
The Shih-shuo hsin-yu, conventionally translated as A New Account of Tales of the World, is one of the most significant works in the entire Chinese literary tradition. It established a genre (the Shih-shuo t'i) and inspired dozens of imitations from the later part of the Tang dynasty (618-907) to the early Republican era of the 20th century. The Shih-shuo hsin-yu consists of more than a thousand historical anecdotes about elite life in the late Han dynasty and the Wei-Chin period (about AD 150-420).
Author | : Richard Mather |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 2022-11-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004531777 |
The full original texts, Professor Richard Mather’s full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who had such a profound impact upon the immediately succeeding centuries. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004120594).
Author | : Victor H. Mair |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 1369 |
Release | : 2010-03-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0231528515 |
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.
Author | : Liu Ts'un-Yan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2023-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004642846 |
Author | : Eva Wong |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2001-07-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0834826763 |
As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kong's finest professional storytellers, by actors on the radio, and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas. The stories are of famous characters in Chinese history and myth: a hero's battle with the lords of evil, the founder of the Ming dynasty's treacherous betrayal of his friends, a young girl who saves her town by imitating rooster calls. Entertaining and often provocative, these tales usually include a moral. The immortals are role models in Chinese culture, as well as examples of enlightenment. Some of the immortals were healers, some were social activists, some were aristocrats, and some were entrepreneurs. The tales chosen by Eva Wong here are of the best-known immortals among the Chinese. Their names are household words and their stories are told and retold by one generation to the next.
Author | : Cunren Liu |
Publisher | : Brill Archive |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9789004044920 |
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Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Chinese literature |
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