Shifting Stories
Subtitle: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: Oct 13, 2014
Language: eng; chi
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780674417205
Description: "Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult"--Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Source title: Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)