Paper Swordsmen Jin Yong And the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel

Klappentext The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong. Zusammenfassung The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre! focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master! Jin Yong.

Product details

• Authors: John Christopher Hamm, Christopher Hamm
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2006
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9780824828950
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2895-0
• Pages: 348
• Dimensions (packing): 14.6 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm
• Subjects: Literature - Classics / Criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese