02900nam 2200409 450 991068254310332120230509112655.0(CKB)5580000000527105(NjHacI)995580000000527105(EXLCZ)99558000000052710520230509d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBandits in Print The Water Margin and the transformations of the Chinese novel /Scott W. GregoryIthaca, New York :Cornell University Press,2023.1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) illustrationsCornell East Asia series ;2121-5017-6968-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Cornell East Asia series ;212.Chinese fictionMing dynasty, 1368-1644History and criticismChinese fictionHistory and criticism.895.134Gregory Scott W.1972-1354397NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910682543103321Bandits in Print3328456UNINA