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Record Nr.

UNINA9910682543103321

Autore

Gregory Scott W. <1972->

Titolo

Bandits in Print : The Water Margin and the transformations of the Chinese novel / / Scott W. Gregory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2023

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cornell East Asia series ; ; 212

Disciplina

895.134

Soggetti

Chinese fiction - Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Bandits' Reception -- "Falsifying a Biography Brought him Power": The "Wuding Editions" and Guo Xun -- "One freshly slaughtered pig, two flagons of Jinhua wine . . . and a small book": The Censorate Edition -- After the Fire: Li Kaixian, The Precious Sword, and the "Xiong Damu Mode" -- Characters in the Margins: The Commercial Editions -- "The Art of Subtle Phrasing has been Extinguished": The Jin Shengtan Edition -- Conclusion: Bandits in Print.

Introduction: The Bandits' Reception -- "Falsifying a Biography Brought him Power": The "Wuding Editions" and Guo Xun -- "One freshly slaughtered pig, two flagons of Jinhua wine ... and a small book": The Censorate Edition -- After the Fire: Li Kaixian, The Precious Sword, and the "Xiong Damu Mode" -- Characters in the Margins: The Commercial Editions -- "The Art of Subtle Phrasing has been Extinguished": The Jin Shengtan Edition -- Conclusion: Bandits in Print.

Sommario/riassunto

"Bandits in Print uses the classic novel "The Water Margin" (Shuihu Zhuan) to examine the world of print in early modern China, tracing the ways the novel was adapted and altered by influential editor-publishers in the Ming and arguing that in some circumstances the print medium can be an agent of textual change"-- Provided by publisher.

"Bandits in Print uses the classic novel "The Water Margin" (Shuihu Zhuan) to examine the world of print in early modern China, tracing the ways the novel was adapted and altered by influential editor-publishers in the Ming and arguing that in some circumstances the print medium can be an agent of textual change"--