Luo Quelling the Demons' Revolt

A Novel from Ming China
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54473-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Translations from the Asian Classics

In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. Quelling the Demons’ Revolt is centered on the rebellion led by Wang Ze in 1047–48, warning of the vulnerability of a world plagued by demonic forces as well as mundane corruption.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luo, Guanzhong

Weitere Mitwirkende

Widmer, Ellen B.

Hanan, Patrick

Wang, David Der-wei

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Quelling the Demons’ Revolt
Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330–c. 1400) is the alleged author of two of China's most famous and beloved works of fiction, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Water Margin.

Patrick Hanan (1927–2014) was Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He was one of the foremost translators of Chinese fiction from the fourteenth to the twentieth century.