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Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Volume 2

By: William H Nienhauser, Jr

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Tang Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader - Volume 2

By: William H Nienhauser, Jr

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.

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World Scientific

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9814719544

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Tang Dynasty Tales

A Guided Reader

By: William H. Nienhauser

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Tang Dynasty Tales

A Guided Reader

By: William H. Nienhauser

The book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the genre of Tang tales in English, including discussions of the numerous Chinese studies from the last decade. Tang Tales itself contains the first annotated translations of these famous stories, which are deciphered and interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in the medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual readings employed by Glen Dudbridge in The Tale of Li Wa (Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to the resonances to the classical texts; the translator's notes following each translation then explain how these references expand the meaning of the text. In addition to six translations of the major tales (chuanqi, "transmitting the strange"), there is also a rendition of a fantastic tale by Liu Zongyuan, suggesting close ties with popular and oral literature. The appended glossary of terms marks the first attempt to create such a reference for readers and scholars of Tang tales that will be of use in reading other tales as well. The meticulous scholarship of this book elevates it above all existing collections of these stories, and the inclusion of the standard introduction to the Tang tales for graduate students and researchers engenders a deeper appreciation.

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342

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World Scientific

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9814287288

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9789814287289

The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature

By: William H. Nienhauser

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The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature

By: William H. Nienhauser

A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published." --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.

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Indiana University Press

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0253329833

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9780253329837

The Grand Scribe's Records

By: Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser

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The Grand Scribe's Records

By: Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser

This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the style of the annals he had written for previous rulers. Here are accounts of the peasant who founded the dynasty, Liu Pang, a man noted as much for his licentiousness as he was his ruthless political instinct, and of his cruel wife, Empress Lÿ, who murdered her chief rival for Liu Pang's affections in the most gruesome manner. The annals of two relatively undistinguished emperors follow. The volume concludes with Ssu-ma's depiction of perhaps the greatest ruler of the Han, Emperor Wu, told within the context of his delusive attempts to find a means to achieve immortality. When completed this translation will bring all 130 chapters of the Shih chi into English. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.

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Indiana University Press

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0253340225

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The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China

By: Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser

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The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China

By: Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser

This project will result in the first complete translation of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe s Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Ssu-ma Ch ien (145-c.86 B.C.), who compiled the work, is known as the Herodotus of China. -- Publisher.

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Indiana University Press

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0253340217

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Magazines for Libraries

For the General Reader and School, Junior College, College, University, and Public Libraries

By: William A. Katz,Bill Katz

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Magazines for Libraries

For the General Reader and School, Junior College, College, University, and Public Libraries

By: William A. Katz,Bill Katz

There is nothing comparable to Magazines for Libraries...a valuable tool for collection development (it) should be considered by academic & public libraries. - -Booklist "Faced with dwindling budgets, soaring subscription rates,...librarians can ill afford not to consult (indeed, to familiarize themselves with) this core collection development tool. - -Reference & Research Book News. "With subscription rates soaring & library acquisition budgets restricted as never before, this acclaimed selection guide has never been more timely or more important. - -Wisconsin Bookwatch. Large budget or small, you'll build the best magazine collection possible for your money with this brand-new version of Magazines for Libraries, by Bill Katz & Linda Sternberg Katz & their team of 174 experts. The new 10th Edition of this highly acclaimed selection guide: Provides detailed evaluations of more than 8,000 top-rated periodicals, selected from more than 170,000 possibilities.*Indexes titles under 158 subjects, including such new headings as Landscape Architecture, Fashion & others *Profiles all types of publications - general-interest magazines, research journals & high-quality commercial publications suitable for a range of libraries in public, academic, special, government & school settings. And to make it easier to locate the periodicals you need, Magazines for Libraries contains a detailed Subject Index that helps you zero in on even the most specific subject areas.

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R. R. Bowker

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0835242676

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