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Slapping the Table in Amazement - A Ming Dynasty Story Collection (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,311
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Slapping the Table in Amazement - A Ming Dynasty Story Collection (Hardcover): Mengchu Ling

Slapping the Table in Amazement - A Ming Dynasty Story Collection (Hardcover)

Mengchu Ling; Translated by Shuhui Yang, Yunqin Yang; Introduction by Robert E. Hegel

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Slapping the Table in Amazement is the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai'an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), originally published in 1628. The forty lively stories gathered here present a broad picture of traditional Chinese society and include characters from all social levels. We learn of their joys and sorrows, their views about life and death, and their visions of the underworld and the supernatural. Ling was a connoisseur of popular literature and a seminal figure in the development of Chinese literature in the vernacular, which paved the way for the late-imperial Chinese novel. Slapping the Table in Amazement includes translations of verse and prologue stories as well as marginal and interlinear comments.

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Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2018
Authors: Mengchu Ling
Translators: Shuhui Yang • Yunqin Yang
Introduction by: Robert E. Hegel
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 928
ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74212-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN: 0-295-74212-7
Barcode: 9780295742120

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