[Songling, Pu], Zeitlin, Judith.

Historian of the Strange – Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale.

Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 332 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

The first study in English of the 17th Century Chinese Classic by Liaozhai in a cultural and intercultural context. Selected tales are analyzed in relation to themes such as obsession, gender disclocation and dream.

Chapters include: The First Wave: Legitimizing the Strange / Seeing the Self as Other / A Brief History of Satire / Addiction and Satire / The Female Body Transformed / The Grotesque Woman / The Shrew / Pu Songling’s Dream / A Fox Dream / Crossing Boundaries / etc.

Includes translations of the following tales: ‘The Ethereal Rock’ / ‘Miss Yan’ / ‘A Fox Dream’ / ‘The Painted Wall’.

• Keywords: 17th Century · 17th century Literature · Anecdotes · Asian Literature · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Catalogue Ten – International Literature · Chinese · Chinese Literature · Chinese Studies · Classical Chinese · Classical literature · Critical Analysis · Criticism and interpretation · Cultural Studies · Fantasy · Folk Stories · Folk Tales · Liaozhai · Literary Analysis · Literary Criticism – Rare · Literary History · Literary Non-Fiction · Literary studies · short stories · Sinology · Songling, Pu · Translation from French · Women’s Studies · Zeitlin, Judith
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780804729680
• Inventory Number: 200120AB

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