Quelling the demons' revolt :: a novel of Ming China /
In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified...
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| Schriftenreihe: | Translations from the Asian classics.
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified that his daughter's demonic nature might be discovered, marries her off. Forced to flee, she and others with supernatural abilities find themselves in the midst of a grotesque version of a historical uprising, in which facts are intermingled with slapstick humor and wild fictions. Attributed to the writer Luo Guanzhong, Quelling the Demons' Revolt is centered on the events of the rebellion led by Wang Ze in 1047-48. But it is a distorted, humorous version, in which Wang Ze's lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest and a celebrated warrior appears despite having died many years earlier. Rather than fantastic adventures and supernatural marvels, the author points to human vanities and fixations as well as social injustice, warning of the vulnerability of any pursuit of order in a world plagued by demonic forces as well as mundane corruption. Although the story takes place long before the era in which it was written, ultimately Quelling the Demons' Revolt is the story of the Ming dynasty in Song masquerade, presciently warning of the dynasty's downfall. The novel is divided into chapters, but in many ways it is an arrangement of self-contained stories that draw on vernacular storytelling. This translation offers English-speaking readers a spirited example of social critique combined with caustic humor from the era of Luo Guanzhong.-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 215 pages). |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780231544733 0231544731 |
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| spelling | Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80131226 Ping yao zhuan. English Quelling the demons' revolt : a novel of Ming China / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated by Patrick Hanan ; introduction by Ellen B. Widmer and David Der-wei Wang. 1709 New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (x, 215 pages). text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Translations from the Asian classics Includes bibliographical references. In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified that his daughter's demonic nature might be discovered, marries her off. Forced to flee, she and others with supernatural abilities find themselves in the midst of a grotesque version of a historical uprising, in which facts are intermingled with slapstick humor and wild fictions. Attributed to the writer Luo Guanzhong, Quelling the Demons' Revolt is centered on the events of the rebellion led by Wang Ze in 1047-48. But it is a distorted, humorous version, in which Wang Ze's lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest and a celebrated warrior appears despite having died many years earlier. Rather than fantastic adventures and supernatural marvels, the author points to human vanities and fixations as well as social injustice, warning of the vulnerability of any pursuit of order in a world plagued by demonic forces as well as mundane corruption. Although the story takes place long before the era in which it was written, ultimately Quelling the Demons' Revolt is the story of the Ming dynasty in Song masquerade, presciently warning of the dynasty's downfall. The novel is divided into chapters, but in many ways it is an arrangement of self-contained stories that draw on vernacular storytelling. This translation offers English-speaking readers a spirited example of social critique combined with caustic humor from the era of Luo Guanzhong.-- Provided by publisher. Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330-c. 1400) is the alleged author of two of China's most famous and beloved works of fiction, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Water Margin. Patrick Hanan (1927-2014) was Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University. He was one of the foremost translators of Chinese fiction from the fourteenth to the twentieth century. In English; translated from the original Chinese. Print version record. China Fiction. FICTION / General bisacsh Chinese fiction Ming dynasty fast China fast 1368-1644. fast novels. aat Novels fast Fiction fast Translations fast Novels. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2015026020 Fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 Romans. rvmgf Hanan, Patrick, translator. Widmer, Ellen, writer of introduction. Wang, Dewei, writer of introduction. has work: Quelling the demons' revolt (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFPkHRrygX8mpXRwhWXBdP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Luo, Guanzhong, approximately 1330-approximately 1400. Ping yao zhuan. English. Quelling the demons' revolt. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 9780231183062 (DLC) 2016049404 (OCoLC)973809834 Translations from the Asian classics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92042416 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1628814 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1628814 Volltext |
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| title | Quelling the demons' revolt : a novel of Ming China / |
| title_alt | Ping yao zhuan. |
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| title_full | Quelling the demons' revolt : a novel of Ming China / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated by Patrick Hanan ; introduction by Ellen B. Widmer and David Der-wei Wang. |
| title_fullStr | Quelling the demons' revolt : a novel of Ming China / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated by Patrick Hanan ; introduction by Ellen B. Widmer and David Der-wei Wang. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quelling the demons' revolt : a novel of Ming China / attributed to Luo Guanzhong ; translated by Patrick Hanan ; introduction by Ellen B. Widmer and David Der-wei Wang. |
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| title_sub | a novel of Ming China / |
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