A tale of battling armies, political intrigue, star-crossed romance, and historical cataclysm, The Peach Blossom Fan is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature, a vast dramatic composition that combines the range and depth of a great novel with the swift intensity of film.…
Speaking about Chinese writing entails thinking about how writing speaks through various media. In the guises of the written character and its imprints, traces, or ruins, writing is more than textuality. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to mater…
Historian of Strange is the first English language book on the 17th century Chinese masterpiece, Liaozhai's Records of the Strange, a collection of nearly five hundred fantastic tales and anecdotes written in classical Chinese.
