Anecdote, Network, Gossip, Performance : Essays on the Shishuo xinyu
by
Jack W. Chen
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
ISBN-10
0674251172
ISBN-13
9780674251175
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 23rd, 2021
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
552 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 24.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literature: history & criticism
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In his reading of the Shishuo xinyu, the most important anecdotal collection of medieval China, Jack W. Chen presents an extended meditation on the anecdote form, both what it affords in terms of representing a social community and how it provides a space for the rehearsal of certain longstanding philosophical and cultural arguments.
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