Shifting Stories

History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China

Sarah M. Allen

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$39.95 • £31.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674417205

Publication Date: 10/13/2014

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330 pages

6 x 9 inches

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Texts and Editions
Introduction
1. Telling Stories, Writing Tales
2. Filling the Gaps: Tales On and Against History
3. Strange Encounters: Exploring a Formula
4. Strange Encounters: Contrivance and Wit
5. Rewritings: Authorship and the Authority of the Written Text
6. Toward the Closing of Texts: The Anthology Yiwen ji
Conclusions
Appendix: Major Tales and Tale Collections Referenced in the Text
Works Cited
Index

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