The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel (eBook)

Ssu ta ch'i-shu

Andrew H. Plaks (Autor)

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2015
612 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4393-0 (ISBN)

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Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the "Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel" (ssu ta ch'i-shu). Arguing that these are far more than collections of popular narratives, Professor Plaks shows that their fullest recensions represent a sophisticated new genre of Chinese prose fiction arising in the late Ming dynasty, especially in the sixteenth century. He then analyzes these radical transformations of prior source materials, which reflect the values and intellectual concerns of the literati of the period.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: A Book Of • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Allegory • ancient China • Archetype • Arthur Waley • Book collecting • Buddhism • Cao Cao • Cao Zhi • Chih • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences • Chinese literature • Chinese philosophy • classical chinese • Classicism • Confucianism • Critical Essays (Orwell) • C. T. Hsia • Diary • Dong Zhuo • Droit du seigneur • dynastic cycle • East Asian Studies • Emperor Taizong of Tang • empire-building • Eunuch • Foe (novel) • Four Sages • Guan Yu • historical criticism • historical fiction • Historiography • Huan Wen • Hu Shih • Ian Watt • Imperial examination • james legge • Jin Ping Mei • Journey to the west • Literary Theory • Literature • Liu An • Liu Bei • Liu Chang (Jixing) • Liu Feng • Liu Shan • Lü Bu • Man and Wife (novel) • Meng Huo • Ming Dynasty • Ming poetry • Narration • narrative • Narrative thread • Neo-Confucianism • N. (novella) • Novel • novelist • Parody • pen name • Philosophical Language • Physiognomy • Poetry • printing • Prose • Qing Dynasty • Rafe de Crespigny • Records of the Three Kingdoms • Red Pine (author) • rhetoric • Richard Lynn • S. (Dorst novel) • Shen Fu • Sima Yi • Song dynasty • Sun Tzu • Superiority (short story) • Swordsman (TV series) • Tang Dynasty • Taoism • The Art of Fiction (book) • The Concubine (novel) • The Four Books • The Regime (novel) • The Various • three kingdoms • Three teachings • traditional chinese characters • Travels (book) • Verisimilitude (fiction) • Wang Mang • Wang Yangming • Water Margin • Wu School • Wu Xing • Xuanzang • Yuan Shao • zhu bajie • Zhuge Liang
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4393-6 / 1400843936
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4393-0 / 9781400843930