Falling in Love - Stories From Ming China

Klappentext Falling in love! with all its accompanying problems! was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty! when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways! sometimes comically! sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers! resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story! they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era.All of the stories in Zusammenfassung Falling in love! with all its accompanying problems! was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty! when society held strictly to arranged marriages. This work contains stories that deal with this theme in different ways. They portray young people choosing their own lovers! resorting to ingenious stratagems.

Product details

• Assisted by: Patrick Hanan (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2006
• EAN: 9780824829957
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2995-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures