Chinese Popular Culture and Ming Chantefables (Sinica Leidensia) by Anne E. McLaren
English | March 1, 1998 | ISBN: 9004109986 | True PDF | 340 pages | 94.3 MB
English | March 1, 1998 | ISBN: 9004109986 | True PDF | 340 pages | 94.3 MB
Chantefables were popular verse narratives performed by storytellers in late imperial China. This study deals with fifteenth century chantefables, their publishers and readers, their festive, kinship and performative context, and their significance in the emergence of vernacular print in China.