The development of Chinese martial arts fiction
by
 
Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- author.

Title
The development of Chinese martial arts fiction
 
Qian gu wen ren xia ke meng. English
 
The Cambridge China library
 
Cambridge China library.

Author
Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- author.

ISBN
9781107069886

Personal Author
Chen, Pingyuan, 1954- author.

Uniform Title
Qian gu wen ren xia ke meng. English

Physical Description
xv, 259 pages ; 24 cm.

Series
The Cambridge China library
 
Cambridge China library.

Contents
Introduction : Wuxia novels and me -- The Xiake dream of the literati through the ages -- Haoxia stories of the Tang and Song dynasties -- Xiayi novels of the Qing dynasty -- Twentieth-century Wuxia novels -- Carrying a sword and doing Xiake deeds -- Sweet revenge -- Feeling smug in Jianghu -- Roving to the ends of the world -- Wuxia novels as a literary genre.

Abstract
"Chen Pingyuan is one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese literature, known particularly for his work on wuxia, a popular and influential genre of historical martial arts fiction still celebrated around the world today. This work, presented here in English translation for the first time, is considered to be the seminal work on the evolution, aesthetics and politics of the modern Chinese wuxia novel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tracing the resurgence of interest in classical chivalric tales in late Qing China"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term
Martial arts fiction, Chinese -- History and criticism.
 
Chinese fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
 
Martial arts in literature.

Added Author
Hockx, Michel,
 
Peterson, Victor,

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-248) and index.

Field 805
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NPM LibraryPL2419 M37 C45513 2016106030531B*二館西文書一區