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Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike.
Price: $32.00
Pages: 256
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Publication Date:
25 September 1998
ISBN: 9780231113854
Format: Paperback
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Patrick Hanan is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He is the translator of The Carnal Prayer Mat and author of several books, including The Invention of Li Yu and The Chinese Vernacular Story.
1. A Tower for the Summer Heat
2. Return-to-Right Hall
3. House of Gathered Refinements
4. The Cloud-Scraper
5. Homing Crane Lodge
6. Nativity Room