Shifting stories : history, gossip, and lore in narratives from Tang dynasty China / Sarah M. Allen.

Author
Allen, Sarah M., 1969- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Chinese
Published/​Created
  • Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard University Asia Center, 2014.
  • Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Distributed by Harvard University Press.
  • ©2014
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages).

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Available Online

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Summary note
"Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult"--Provided by the publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • Note on texts and editions
  • Introduction
  • Telling stories, writing tales
  • Filling the gaps : tales on and against history
  • Strange encounters : exploring a formula
  • Strange encounters : contrivance and wit
  • Rewritings : authorship and the authority of the written text
  • Toward the closing of texts : the anthology Yiwen ji
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Major tales and tale collections referenced in the text.
ISBN
  • 9781684170791 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1684170796 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
999606475
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