Demonic warfare : Daoism, territorial networks, and the history of a Ming novel
Title:
Demonic warfare : Daoism, territorial networks, and the history of a Ming novel
Feng shen yan yi.
Author:
Meulenbeld, Mark R. E., 1972- author.
ISBN:
9780824838447
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2015]
Physical Description:
ix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Invention of the novel: from stage act and temple ritual to literary text -- King Wu's sacred history: the conquest of inimical gods -- Demonic warfare during the Yuan: thunder ritual, unruly spirits, and local militias -- Demonic warfare during the Ming: the emperor and his Daoist warriors -- The order of the Ming novel: hierarchies of spirits and gods.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10603250 PL2436 M39 ysh