Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

Name: Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature
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ISBN: 9780231153133

ISBN-10: 0231153139

ISBN-13: 9780231153133

Edition: 2011

Authors: Victor H. Mair, Mark Bender

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In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups& -including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak& -and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts, from the story of the woman warrior Hua Mulan to the love stories of urban storytellers in the…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese languages and literature in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his many publications are The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature; Tun-huang Popular Narratives; Painting and Performance: Chinese Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis; T'ang Transformation Texts: A Study of the Buddhist Contribution to the Rise of Vernacular Fiction and Drama in China; Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way;and (with J. P. Mallory) The Tarim Mummies.