Falling in Love Stories from Ming China

Name: Falling in Love Stories from Ming China
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ISBN: 9780824829957

ISBN-10: 0824829956

ISBN-13: 9780824829957

Edition: 2006

Authors: Patrick Hanan

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Falling in love, with all its accompanying problems, was a subject of obsessive interest among writers and readers in the Ming Dynasty, when society held strictly to arranged marriages. The stories in this engaging collection all deal with this theme in very different ways, sometimes comically, sometimes tragically. They portray young people choosing their own lovers, resorting to ingenious stratagems and risky escapades in defiance of contemporary mores. Chosen to represent the best works from the great age of the vernacular story, they offer an admirable introduction to the world of Chinese fiction in this era.All of the stories in

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 5/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



Shengxian



The Oil Seller



Marriage Destinies Rearranged



The Rainbow Slippers



Wu Yan



The Reckless Scholar



The Lovers' Tombs



Two Sources


Notes on Texts