The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-15312-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 800 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1024 g

Reihe: Translations from the Asian Classics

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mair, Victor

Bender, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChinese Units of Measure"I Sit Here and Sing for You": The Oral Literature of China1. Folk Stories and Other Spoken Traditions2. Folk Song Traditions3. Folk Ritual4. The Epic Traditions5. Folk Drama6. Professional Storytelling Traditions of the North and SouthFurther ReadingsContributors and Translators

Über Autor(innen)

Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and editor of The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature and The Columbia History of Chinese Literature.Mark Bender is associate professor of East Asian languages and literatures at The Ohio State University and author of Plum and Bamboo: China's Suzhou Chantefable Tradition and Butterfly Mother: Miao (Hmong) Creation Epics from Guizhou, China.