The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang : : Republican-Era Martial Arts Fiction / / John Christopher Hamm.
Xiang Kairan, who wrote under the pen name "The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang," is remembered as the father of modern Chinese martial arts fiction, one of the most distinctive forms of twentieth-century Chinese culture and the inspiration for China's globally popular martial arts ci...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Conventions
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE. The Writer's Life
- CHAPTER TWO. Xiang Kairan's Monkeys
- CHAPTER THREE. Thematic Subgenre
- CHAPTER FOUR. Form and Medium
- CHAPTER FIVE. Marvelous Gallants of the Rivers and Lakes
- CHAPTER SIX. Chivalric Heroes of Modern Times
- Conclusion. The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index