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Shifting stories : history, gossip, and lore in narratives from Tang dynasty China / Sarah M. Allen.
Author
Allen, Sarah M., 1969-
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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).
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Folk literature, Chinese
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History and criticism
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Tales
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China
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History and criticism
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Chinese literature
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Tang dynasty, 618-907
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History and criticism
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Gossip
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China
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History
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To 1500
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Occultism in literature
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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History
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To 1500
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Discourse analysis, Narrative
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China
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China
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History
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Tang dynasty, 618-907
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China
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Social life and customs
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221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 95.
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Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 95
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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.
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ISBN
9781684170791 ((electronic bk.))
1684170796 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
999606475
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Shifting stories : history, gossip, and lore in narratives from Tang dynasty China / Sarah M. Allen.
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