More Swindles From the Late Ming Sex, Scams, and Sorcery

This companion volume to The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection presents sensational stories of scams that range from the ingenious to the absurd to the lurid, many featuring sorcery, sex, and extreme violence.

Info autore

Zhang Yingyu (fl. 1612–1617) lived during the Wanli period (1573–1620) of the Ming dynasty.

Bruce Rusk is an associate professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia. He is coeditor of Literary Information in China: A History (Columbia, 2021), among other books.

Christopher Rea is a professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia. His books include Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 (Columbia, 2021).

Rusk and Rea are the translators of The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection (Columbia, 2017).

Riassunto

This companion volume to The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection presents sensational stories of scams that range from the ingenious to the absurd to the lurid, many featuring sorcery, sex, and extreme violence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yingyu Zhang, Yingyu/ Rusk Zhang
• Con la collaborazione di: Bruce Rusk (Traduzione), Christopher G. Rea (Traduzione), Rusk Bruce (Traduzione), Rea Christopher G. (Traduzione)
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 25.10.2024
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780231212458
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21245-8
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Serie: Translations from the Asian Classics
• Categorie: History, True Crime, Ancient China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Asia / China, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Empires & historical states, Asian History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, literary collections; history; true crime