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Many Faces of Mulian
- The Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China
Engelsk Hardback
Many Faces of Mulian
- The Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China
Engelsk Hardback

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The story of Mulian rescuing his mother's soul from hell has evolved as a narrative over several centuries in China, especially in the baojuan (precious scrolls) genre. This genre, a prosimetric narrative in vernacular language, first appeared around the fourteenth century and endures as a living tradition. In exploring the evolution of the Mulian story, Rostislav Berezkin illuminates changes in the literary and religious characteristics of the genre. He also examines material from other forms of Chinese literature and from modern performances of baojuan, tracing their transformation from tools of Buddhist proselytizing to sectarian propaganda to folk ritualized storytelling. Ultimately, he reveals the special features of baojuan as a type of performance literature that had its foundations in multiple literary traditions.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9780295742519
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295742518
Udg. Dato:
1 dec 2017
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
1 dec 2017
Forfatter(e):
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