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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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