Tang Dynasty Tales
Title | Tang Dynasty Tales PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Nienhauser |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9814719536 |
"This volume supplements Tang Tales, A Guided Reader (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism. In addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field."--
Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Volume 2
Title | Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | William H Nienhauser, Jr |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 475 |
Release | 2016-01-11 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9814719544 |
This volume supplements Tang Tales, A Guided Reader (Volume 1; 2010) and presents twelve more Tang tales, going beyond the standard corpus of these narratives to include six stories translated into English for the first time. The rich annotation and translator's notes for these twelve tales provide insights into many aspects of Tang material culture and medieval thought, including Buddhism and Daoism.In addition to meticulously annotated translations, the book offers original texts (with some textual notes), and commentaries in the form of translator's notes, thereby joining the first volume of Tang tales as the only collections that introduce students to Tang tales while also challenging specialists interested in the field.
Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader
Title | Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader PDF eBook |
Author | William H Nienhauser, Jr |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2010-07-22 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9814466794 |
The book begins with a history of previous translations of Tang tales, surveying how Chinese scholarship has shaped the reception and rendition of these texts in the West. In that context, Tang Dynasty Tales offers the first annotated translations of six major tales (often called chuanqi, “transmitting the strange”) which are interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual readings that Glen Dudbridge introduced in his The Tale of Li Wa (Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to resonances with classical texts, while setting the tales in the political world of their time; the “Translator's Notes” that follow each translation explain how these resonances and topical contexts expand the meaning of the text. Each translation is also supported by a short glossary of original terms from the tale and a bibliography guiding the reader to further studies.The meticulous scholarship of this book elevates it above all existing collections of these stories, and the inclusion of a history of the translation work in the west, intended for graduate students, researchers, and other translators, broadens the collections' appeal.
Tang Dynasty Tales
Title | Tang Dynasty Tales PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Nienhauser, Jr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789814719520 |
Song Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader
Title | Song Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Zhenjun Zhang |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9813143290 |
Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.
Tang Dynasty Tales: The tale of the supernatural marriage at Dongting
Title | Tang Dynasty Tales: The tale of the supernatural marriage at Dongting PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Nienhauser |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Chinese fiction |
ISBN |
Tales from Tang Dynasty China
Title | Tales from Tang Dynasty China PDF eBook |
Author | Alexei Kamran Ditter |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing Company |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Chinese fiction |
ISBN | 9781624666315 |
Compiled during the Song dynasty (960-1279) at the behest of Emperor Taizong, the Taiping Guangji anthologized thousands of pages of unofficial histories, accounts, and minor stories from the Tang dynasty (618-907). The twenty-two tales translated in this volume, many appearing for the first time in English, reveal the dynamism and diversity of society in Tang China. A lengthy Introduction as well as introductions to each selection further illuminate the social and historical contexts within which these narratives unfold. This collection offers a wealth of information for anyone interested in medieval Chinese history, religion, or everyday life.