A Garden of Marvels - Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China

Informationen zum Autor Robert Ford Campany (Author, Translator) Robert Ford Campany is professor of Asian studies and religions at Vanderbilt University. Klappentext The selection of stories presented here provides an alluring introduction to early medieval Chinese storytelling and opens a doorway to the enchanted world of thought! culture! and religious belief of that era. Known as zhiguai! or "accounts of anomalies!” they convey a great deal about how people saw the cosmos and their place in it. Zusammenfassung The selection of stories presented here provides an alluring introduction to early medieval Chinese storytelling and opens a doorway to the enchanted world of thought, culture, and religious belief of that era. Known as zhiguai, or “accounts of anomalies,” they convey a great deal about how people saw the cosmos and their place in it.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Campany, Robert Ford Campany
• Assisted by: Robert Ford Campany (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2015
• EAN: 9780824853495
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-5349-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society