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Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader (Hardcover, Critical ed.)
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Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader (Hardcover, Critical ed.)
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The book begins with a history of previous translations of Tang
tales, surveying how Chinese scholarship has shaped the reception
and rendition of these texts in the West. In that context, Tang
Dynasty Tales offers the first annotated translations of six major
tales (often called chuanqi, "transmitting the strange") which are
interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in
medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual
readings that Glen Dudbridge introduced in his The Tale of Li Wa
(Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to resonances with classical
texts, while setting the tales in the political world of their
time; the "Translator's Notes" that follow each translation explain
how these resonances and topical contexts expand the meaning of the
text. Each translation is also supported by a short glossary of
original terms from the tale and a bibliography guiding the reader
to further studies. The meticulous scholarship of this book
elevates it above all existing collections of these stories, and
the inclusion of a history of the translation work in the west,
intended for graduate students, researchers, and other translators,
broadens the collections' appeal.
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