Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Chen, Jack Wei
2. Schaberg, David, 1964-
3. University of California, Berkeley. Global, Area, and International Archive, issuing body.

Description

1. ix, 247 pages; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. New perspectives on Chinese culture and society ;

Uniform title

1. New perspectives on Chinese culture and society ; 6.

Subject

1. Chinese literature > History and criticism
2. Gossip in literature
3. Gossip > China > History
4. Anecdotes > China > History and criticism
5. Oral tradition > China > History
6. Klatsch
7. Anekdote
8. Anecdotes
9. Chinese literature
10. Gossip
11. Gossip in literature
12. Oral tradition
13. China

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History
3. History.

Contents

1. Introduction / Jack W. Chen -- Word of Mouth and the Sources of Western Han History / David Schaberg -- Tales from Borderland: Anecdotes in Early Medieval China / Xiaofei Tian -- Knowing Men and Being Known: Gossip and Social Networks in the Shishuo xinyu / Jack W. Chen -- Oral Sources and Written Accounts: Authority in Tang Tales / Sarah M. Allen -- I Read They Said He Sang What He Wrote: Orality, Writing, and Gossip in Tang Poetry Anecdotes / Graham Sanders -- Gossip, Anecdote, and Literary History: Representations of the Yuanhe Era in Tang Anecdote Collections / Anna M. Shields -- Shen Kuo Chats with Ink Stone and Writing Brush / Ronald Egan -- Men, Women, and Gossip in Song China / Beverly Bossler -- Glyphomantic Dream Anecdotes / Richard E. Strassberg -- The Retributory Power of Gossip in The Story of the Stone / Dore J. Levy -- Postface: “Believe It or Not” / Stephen Owen.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. "Provides a cultural history of gossip and anecdote in traditional China, beginning with the Han dynasty and ending with the Qing"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

1. English with some Chinese.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain