Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic

Name: Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic
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ISBN: 9780253313751

ISBN-10: 0253313759

ISBN-13: 9780253313751

Edition: 1985

Authors: Karl S. Y. Kao, Karl S. Y. Kao

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In Chinese literary history, the Six Dynasties (317-588) and the T'ang (618-906) were the great creative times for the production of supernatural and fantastic stories in the classical language. This major collection of ninety-six stories, most of them newly translated, represents the very best of this tradition. These are all basically fictional narratives or stories, but unlike Western supernatural stories, are considered more or less as records of observable facts and have the effect of giving the fantastic a rootedness in historical reality. Underlying the recording of these supernatual stories is a belief in supernaturalism and magic and, above all, the acceptance of the unnatural and…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 12/22/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 420
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.29" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English