TY - BOOK AU - Inglis,Alister David TI - The Chinese love story from the tenth to the fourteenth century T2 - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture SN - 9781438492568 AV - PL2419.L68 U1 - 895.13/0850904 23/eng/20220922 PY - 2023///] CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Romance fiction, Chinese KW - History and criticism KW - Love in literature KW - Chinese literature KW - Amour dans la litt�erature KW - Litt�erature chinoise KW - Histoire et critique KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Front Matter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; The Mid- and Late Tang Dynasty --; The Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) --; The Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) --; The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Chinese Character Glossary --; Works Cited --; Index N2 - Love stories formed a major part of the classical short story genre in China from as early as the eighth century, when men of letters began to write about romantic encounters. In later centuries, such stories provided inspiration for several new literary genres. While much scholarly attention has been focused on the short story of both the medieval and late imperial eras, comparatively little work has been attempted on the interim stage, the Song and Yuan dynasties, which spanned some five hundred years from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries. Yet this was a crucial developmental period for many forms of narrative literature--so much so that any understanding of late imperial narrative should be informed by the earlier tradition. The first study of its kind in English, The Chinese Love Story from the Tenth to the Fourteenth Century traces the development of the love story throughout this important yet overlooked era. Using Tang dynasty stories as a point of comparison, Alister D. Inglis examines and appraises key new themes, paying special attention to period hallmarks, gender portrayal, and textuality. Inglis demonstrates that, contrary to received scholarly wisdom, this was a highly innovative period during which writers and storytellers laid a fertile foundation for the literature of late imperial China UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3406323 ER -