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050 00 $aGR335$b.A44 2014
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100 1 $aAllen, Sarah M.,$d1969-
245 10 $aShifting stories :$bhistory, gossip, and lore in narratives from Tang dynasty China /$cSarah M. Allen.
264 1 $aCambridge (Massachusetts) :$bHarvard University Asia Center,$c2014.
300 $axvii, 311 pages :$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aHarvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;$v95
520 2 $a"Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult"--Provided by the publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aNote on texts and editions -- Telling stories, writing tales -- Filling the gaps : tales on and against history -- Strange encounters : exploring a formula -- Strange encounters : contrivance and wit -- Rewritings : authorship and the authority of the written text -- Toward the closing of texts : the anthology Yiwen Ji -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Major tales and tale collections referenced in the text.
650 0 $aFolk literature, Chinese$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTales$zChina$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aChinese literature$yTang dynasty, 618-907$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aGossip$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aOccultism in literature.
650 0 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aDiscourse analysis, Narrative$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$yTang dynasty, 618-907.
651 0 $aChina$xSocial life and customs$y221 B.C.-960 A.D.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
830 0 $aHarvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;$v95.
988 $a20140530
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