Out of the Margins: The Rise of Chinese Vernacular Fiction

by Liangyan Ge

The novel Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), China's earliest full-length narrative in vernacular prose, first appeared in print in the sixteenth century. The tale of one hundred and eight bandit heroes evolved from a long oral tradition; in its novelized form, it played a pivotal role in the rise of Chinese vernacular fiction, which flourished during the late Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) periods. Liangyan Ge's multidimensional study considers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823702
• ISBN13: 9780824823702
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"