Stories for Saturday : : Twentieth-Century Chinese Popular Fiction.

In the first half of the twentieth century, urban Chinese regularly lost themselves in tales of scandalous affairs, tender romances, and splendid acts of martial gallantry--standard reading fare on Saturdays among city dwellers craving entertainment and escape. Openly disdained by many intellectuals...

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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, , [2003]
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • I. Scandal
  • II. Love
  • III. Gallantry
  • IV. Crime
  • V. Satire
  • Afterword
  • Publication Notes
  • About the Authors
  • About the Translator