Paper Swordsmen : : Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel / / Christopher Hamm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hamm, Christopher,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; A Note on Conventions --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Local Heroes --; Chapter 3. The Marshes of Mount Liang Beyond the Sea --; Chapter 4. National Passions --; Chapter 5. The Empire of the Text --; Chapter 6. Beyond the Rivers and Lakes --; Chapter 7. Revision and Canonization --; Chapter 8. Beyond Martial Arts Fiction --; Chapter 9. Coming Home --; Chapter 10. Jin Yong at the Century's End --; Notes --; Select Glossary of Chinese Characters --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824863869; 9783110649772; 9783110564143; 9783110663259
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824863869
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christopher Hamm.

The martial arts novel is one of the most distinctive and widely-read forms of modern Chinese fiction. In Paper Swordsmen, John Christopher Hamm offers the first in-depth English-language study of this fascinating and influential genre, focusing on the work of its undisputed twentieth-century master, Jin Yong. Through close readings of Jin Yong's recognized masterpieces, Hamm shows how these works combine a rich literary tradition with an extraordinary narrative artistry and an evolving appreciation of the political and cultural aspects of contemporary Chinese experience.