The Hsi-Yu-CHI: A Study of Antecedents to the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Novel

by Glen Dudbridge

Book Overview

A study of the early versions of the classic Chinese novel known to readers in English as Monkey. Dr Dudbridge examines a long tradition of earlier versions in narrative and dramatic form through which the great episodic cycle slowly took shape. The two main fields of interest are popular culture and folklore and the development of Chinese vernacular literature. Dr Dudbridge provides a very thorough survey of present knowledge about the whole topic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521102812
• ISBN13: 9780521102810
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"