Volume 3stories to Awaken the World - A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 3

Klappentext Feng Menglong (1574-1646)! the most knowledgeable connoisseur of Chinese popular literature of his time! is best known for his three collections of vernacular stories! now commonly known as the Sanyan. Shuhui Yang is professor of Chinese at Bates College! Lewiston! Maine. Yunqin Yang is a simultaneous interpreter in the United Nations Secretariat. Together! they translated Feng's Stories Old and New (Gujin xiaoshuo) and Stories to Caution the World (Jingshi tongyan). Zusammenfassung A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty.

Product details

• Assisted by: Feng Menglong (Editor), Feng Menglong (Editor), Shuhui Yang (Translation), Yunqin Yang (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2009
• EAN: 9780295989037
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98903-7
• No. of pages: 990
• Series: Ming Dynasty Collection (Hardc; Stories to Awaken the World
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures