Shifting Stories : : History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China / / Sarah M. Allen.

"Explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how the written tales we have today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay that circulated within elite society. The author focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and th...

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 95
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2014.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 95.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages )
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