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Classical Chinese Tales Of The Supernatural And The Fantastic

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Format: Hardcover Item Height: 1.3 in Language: English ISBN: 9780253313751 Item Length: 9.3 in Number of Pages: 420 Pages Author: Karl S. Y. KAO Item Weight: 27.7 Oz Book Title: Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic gtin13: 9780253313751 Item Width: 6.3 in Topic: Asian / Chinese, Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication Year: 1985 Genre: Fiction, Literary Collections Book Series: Chinese Literature in Translation Ser.

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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Classical Chinese Tales Of The Supernatural And The Fantastic ISBN13: 9780253313751 ISBN10: 0253313759 Author: Kao, Karl S. Y. (Author) Description: In Chinese Literary History, The Six Dynasties (317-588) And The T'ang (618-906) Were The Great Creative Times For The Production Of Supernatural And Fantastic Stories In The Classical Language This Major Collection Of Ninety-Six Stories, Most Of Them Newly Translated, Represents The Very Best Of This Tradition These Are All Basically Fictional Narratives Or Stories, But Unlike Western Supernatural Stories, Are Considered More Or Less As Records Of Observable Facts And Have The Effect Of Giving The Fantastic A Rootedness In Historical Reality Underlying The Recording Of These Supernatual Stories Is A Belief In Supernaturalism And Magic And, Above All, The Acceptance Of The Unnatural And The Supernormal On Their Face Value As Factual Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication Date: 1985-12-22 Weight: 1.75 lbs Dimensions: 1.26'' H x 9.44'' L x 6.22'' W Number of Pages: 420 Language: English

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