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Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the "Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel" (ssu ta ch'i-shu). Arguing that these are far more than collections of popular narratives, Professor Plaks shows that their fullest recensions represent a sophisticated new genre of Chinese prose fiction arising in the late Ming dynasty, e
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April 19th, 2016
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  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
612
Dimensions
178x254x33
ISBN-13
9780691653853
Product ID
24799371

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