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Paper Swordsmen : Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel / Christopher Hamm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824827632
  • 9780824863869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.1/352
LOC classification:
  • PL2848.Y8 ǂb Z535 2005eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Local Heroes -- Chapter 3. The Marshes of Mount Liang Beyond the Sea -- Chapter 4. National Passions -- Chapter 5. The Empire of the Text -- Chapter 6. Beyond the Rivers and Lakes -- Chapter 7. Revision and Canonization -- Chapter 8. Beyond Martial Arts Fiction -- Chapter 9. Coming Home -- Chapter 10. Jin Yong at the Century's End -- Notes -- Select Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong. Through close readings of Jin Yong's recognized masterpieces, Hamm shows how these works combine a rich literary tradition with an extraordinary narrative artistry and an evolving appreciation of the political and cultural aspects of contemporary Chinese experience.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780824863869

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Local Heroes -- Chapter 3. The Marshes of Mount Liang Beyond the Sea -- Chapter 4. National Passions -- Chapter 5. The Empire of the Text -- Chapter 6. Beyond the Rivers and Lakes -- Chapter 7. Revision and Canonization -- Chapter 8. Beyond Martial Arts Fiction -- Chapter 9. Coming Home -- Chapter 10. Jin Yong at the Century's End -- Notes -- Select Glossary of Chinese Characters -- Bibliography -- Index

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The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong. Through close readings of Jin Yong's recognized masterpieces, Hamm shows how these works combine a rich literary tradition with an extraordinary narrative artistry and an evolving appreciation of the political and cultural aspects of contemporary Chinese experience.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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