The Chinese Short Story Studies in Dating, Authorship, and Composition |
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| Author:
| Hanan, Patrick |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-33225-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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During the centuries of its popularity, early Chinese vernacular fiction was never adequately preserved or even documented. The great popular appeal of the short stories saved them from oblivion, but it was only in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that they were first collected and published. Mr. Hanan's erudite study is the first thorough attempt to uncover the history of the Chinese short story.
During the centuries of its popularity, early Chinese vernacular fiction was never adequately preserved or even documented. The great popular appeal of the short stories saved them from oblivion, but it was only in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that they were first collected and published. Mr. Hanan's erudite study is the first thorough attempt to uncover the history of the Chinese short story.