Paper Swordsmen : : Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
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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