Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall - Ten Versions of a Chinese Legend

Klappentext Meng Jiangn Brings Down the Great Wall brings together ten versions of a popular Chinese legend that has intrigued readers and listeners for hundreds of years. Elements of the story date back to the early centuries B.C.E. and are an intrinsic part of Chinese literary history! major themes and subtle nuances of which are illuminated here by Wilt L. Idema's new translations and pairings. The tale concerns a young woman whose husband is killed while working as a laborer on the construction of the Great Wall! and whose tears of grief cause the wall's collapse. Wilt L. Idema is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long! solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband! a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208).

Product details

• Authors: Wilt L. (INT)/ Lee Idema
• Assisted by: Wilt L. Idema (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780295987835
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98783-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: China Program Books (Hardcover; China Program Books (Hardcover; Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore