The lioness roars : shrew stories from late Imperial China
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Bibliographic Information
The lioness roars : shrew stories from late Imperial China
(Cornell East Asia series, no. 81)
East Asia Program, Cornell University, c1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  France
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  United States of America
Note
"This anthology offers translations of seven stories and one novella from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a critical introduction and bibliography"--Back cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-151)
Contents of Works
- A jealous wife becomes a widow while her husband is still alive / Li Yu
- Jie Zhitui traps his jelous wife in an inferno / Aina Jushi
- Ma Jiefu / Pu Songling
- Jiangcheng / Pu Songling
- Woman Shao / Pu Songling
- Shanhu / Pu Songling
- Hengniang / Pu Songling
- Curing jealousy / Yuan Mei
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This anthology offers translations of seven stories and one novella from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a critical introduction and bibliography. To date there are no translations from the premodern period which focus exclusively on women, let alone the image of the shrew. These stories are among the most representative and memorable of those featuring the prototypical Chinese shrew, a prominent figure in premodern Chinese fiction and drama. Unique in being thematically organized, The Lioness Roars provides manageable (and fun) literary source readings for courses on Chinese women, Chinese history or Chinese literature.
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