Books, Tales and Vernacular Culture: Selected Papers on China

by Glen Dudbridge

These studies develop a more open way of reading China's traditional narrative literature, in which publishing culture, religious culture, historical circumstance and social institutions all play a part. The concept of vernacular culture is discussed in broad terms and explored through particular examples.
This volume, which marks Glen Dudbridge's retirement as Shaw Professor of Chinese at Oxford University, brings together fourteen of his research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004147705
• ISBN13: 9789004147706
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"