Anecdote, Network, Gossip, Performance - Essays on the Shishuo Xinyu

In his reading of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China, Jack W. Chen presents an extended meditation on the anecdote form, both what it affords in terms of representing a social community and how it provides a space for the rehearsal of certain longstanding philosophical and cultural arguments.

Info autore

Jack W. Chen is Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Virginia.

Riassunto

In his reading of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China, Jack W. Chen presents an extended meditation on the anecdote form, both what it affords in terms of representing a social community and how it provides a space for the rehearsal of certain longstanding philosophical and cultural arguments.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jack W Chen, Jack W. Chen, Chen Jack, Chen Jack W.
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780674251175
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25117-5
• Pagine: 300
• Serie: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (HUP); Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism