Pi-Ching Hsu

Beyond Eroticism

A Historian's Reading of Humor in Feng Menglong's Child's Folly

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Produktbeschreibung

Beyond Eroticism translates and analyzes over forty songs and ninety jokes from Child's Folly, a trilogy of popular songs (Hanging Twigs), folk songs (Hill Songs), and jokes (Treasury of Laughs) compiled by Feng Menglong (1574-1646), and giant in late Ming popular literature (1368-1644). Focusing on humor as the predominant characteristic of the "tactically forgotten" collections, the book offers a delightful study of the foibles, eccentricities, and anxieties of a broad cross section of late Ming society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780761833536
• ISBN-10: 0761833536
• Artikelnr.: 22197254

Autorenporträt

By Pi-Ching Hsu

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Notes on Conventions Chapter 3 Prologue Chapter
4 Historicizing the Humor of Child's Folly Chapter 5 Feng Menglong and His
World Chapter 6 Hanging Twigs andHill Songs: The Triumph and Trial of
Emotions and Desires Chapter 7 Treasury of Laughs: Humorous Satire with a
Philosophical Undertone Chapter 8 Epilogue Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter
10 Glossary of Chinese Characters Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the
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