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Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China

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Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China - Allen, Sarah M
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Sarah M. Allen explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how written tales of the Tang canon we know today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay in elite society. The book focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult.

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Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China 2014, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674417205

Hardcover