Strange Tales from Edo Rewriting Chinese Fiction in Early Modern Japan |
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| Author:
| Fleming, William D. |
| Series title: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-29380-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2023 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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In Strange Tales from Edo, William Fleming paints a sweeping picture of Japan's engagement with Chinese fiction in the early modern period, including large-scale analyses of the record of the circulation of Chinese texts in Japan. He also traces the hidden history of Pu Songling's Liaozhai zhiyi (Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio) in Japan.
In Strange Tales from Edo, William Fleming paints a sweeping picture of Japan's engagement with Chinese fiction in the early modern period, including large-scale analyses of the record of the circulation of Chinese texts in Japan. He also traces the hidden history of Pu Songling's Liaozhai zhiyi (Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio) in Japan.