Description
| Product ID: | 9780295994154 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China |
| Title: | Literati Storytelling in Late Medieval China |
| Authors: | Author: Manling Luo |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Medieval history, China, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in diverse forms, including narrative poems, “tales of the marvelous,” “records of the strange,” historical miscellanies, and transformation texts. Through storytelling, literati explored their own changing place in a society that was making its final transition from hereditary aristocracy to a meritocracy ostensibly open to all. Literati Storytelling shows how these writings offer crucial insights into the reconfiguration of the Chinese elite, which monopolized literacy, social prestige, and political participation in imperial China. Scholar-officials of late medieval China were not only enthusiastic in amateur storytelling, but also showed unprecedented interest in recording stories on different aspects of literati life. These stories appeared in diverse forms, including narrative poems, “tales of the marvelous,” “records of the strange,” historical miscellanies, and transformation texts. Through storytelling, literati explored their own changing place in a society that was making its final transition from hereditary aristocracy to a meritocracy ostensibly open to all. Literati Storytelling shows how these writings offer crucial insights into the reconfiguration of the Chinese elite, which monopolized literacy, social prestige, and political participation in imperial China. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Washington Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Washington Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-01 |
