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Idle Talk: Volume 6

Idle Talk: Volume 6

Chen, Jack W.
Schaberg, David

Paperback

Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society, Book 6

Literary CriticismGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 0520289773
ISBN13: 9780520289772
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Sep 29 2013
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Gossip and anecdote may be idle talk, but they also serve to knit together individuals in society and to provide the materials through which literary culture and historical memory are constructed. This groundbreaking book provides a cultural history of gossip and anecdote in traditional China, beginning with the Han dynasty and ending with the Qing. The ten essays, along with the introduction and postface, address the verification, transmission, and interpretation of gossip and anecdote across literary and historical genres.

Contributors: Sarah M. Allen, Beverly J. Bossler, Jack W. Chen, Ronald Egan, Dore J. Levy, Stephen Owen, Graham Sanders, David Schaberg, Anna M. Shields, Richard E. Strassberg, Xiaofei Tian

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