Author: Andrew Schonebaum
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 9781603295444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Plum in the Golden Vase (also known as The Golden Lotus) was published in the early seventeenth century and may be the first long work of Chinese fiction written by a single (though anonymous) author. Featuring both complex structural elements and psychological and emotional realism, the novel centers on the rich merchant Ximen Qing and his household and describes the physical surroundings and material objects of a Ming dynasty city. In part a social, political, and moral critique, the novel reflects on hierarchical power relations of family and state and the materialism of life at the time. The essays in this volume provide ideas for teaching the novel using a variety of approaches, from questions of genre, intertextuality, and the novel's reception to material culture, family and social dynamics, and power structures in sexual relations. Insights into the novel's representation of Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, legal culture, class, slavery, and obscenity are offered throughout the volume.
Approaches to Teaching The Plum in the Golden Vase (The Golden Lotus)
Author: Andrew Schonebaum
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 9781603295444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Plum in the Golden Vase (also known as The Golden Lotus) was published in the early seventeenth century and may be the first long work of Chinese fiction written by a single (though anonymous) author. Featuring both complex structural elements and psychological and emotional realism, the novel centers on the rich merchant Ximen Qing and his household and describes the physical surroundings and material objects of a Ming dynasty city. In part a social, political, and moral critique, the novel reflects on hierarchical power relations of family and state and the materialism of life at the time. The essays in this volume provide ideas for teaching the novel using a variety of approaches, from questions of genre, intertextuality, and the novel's reception to material culture, family and social dynamics, and power structures in sexual relations. Insights into the novel's representation of Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, legal culture, class, slavery, and obscenity are offered throughout the volume.
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 9781603295444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Plum in the Golden Vase (also known as The Golden Lotus) was published in the early seventeenth century and may be the first long work of Chinese fiction written by a single (though anonymous) author. Featuring both complex structural elements and psychological and emotional realism, the novel centers on the rich merchant Ximen Qing and his household and describes the physical surroundings and material objects of a Ming dynasty city. In part a social, political, and moral critique, the novel reflects on hierarchical power relations of family and state and the materialism of life at the time. The essays in this volume provide ideas for teaching the novel using a variety of approaches, from questions of genre, intertextuality, and the novel's reception to material culture, family and social dynamics, and power structures in sexual relations. Insights into the novel's representation of Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, legal culture, class, slavery, and obscenity are offered throughout the volume.
Jin Ping Mei English Translations
Author: Lintao Qi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351060813
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book investigates the English translations and adaptations of the sixteenth century classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Acclaimed the ‘No.1 Marvellous Book’ of the Ming dynasty, Jin Ping Mei was banned soon after its appearance, due to the inclusion of graphically explicit sexual descriptions. So far there have been more than a dozen English adaptations and translations of the novel. Working within the framework of descriptive translation studies, this book provides a translational history of the English versions of Jin Ping Mei, supported by various paratexts, including book covers, reviews, and archival materials. It also conducts textual comparisons to uncover the translation norms at work in the only two complete renditions, namely The Golden Lotus by Clement Egerton and The Plum in the Golden Vase by David Roy, respectively. The notions of agency, habitus and capital are introduced for the examination of the transference of linguistic, literary and cultural aspects of the two translations. The book represents the first systematic research effort on the English Translations of Jin Ping Mei. Given its pioneering status and interdisciplinary nature, the data, structure and findings of this book will potentially enrich the fields of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies and Book History.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351060813
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book investigates the English translations and adaptations of the sixteenth century classic Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Acclaimed the ‘No.1 Marvellous Book’ of the Ming dynasty, Jin Ping Mei was banned soon after its appearance, due to the inclusion of graphically explicit sexual descriptions. So far there have been more than a dozen English adaptations and translations of the novel. Working within the framework of descriptive translation studies, this book provides a translational history of the English versions of Jin Ping Mei, supported by various paratexts, including book covers, reviews, and archival materials. It also conducts textual comparisons to uncover the translation norms at work in the only two complete renditions, namely The Golden Lotus by Clement Egerton and The Plum in the Golden Vase by David Roy, respectively. The notions of agency, habitus and capital are introduced for the examination of the transference of linguistic, literary and cultural aspects of the two translations. The book represents the first systematic research effort on the English Translations of Jin Ping Mei. Given its pioneering status and interdisciplinary nature, the data, structure and findings of this book will potentially enrich the fields of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature, Chinese Studies, Cultural Studies and Book History.
Pandora's Vase
Author: Cari Meister
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 140487822X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Pandora is always curious. When a messenger arrives with a beautiful golden vase from Zeus, Pandora is entranced by it. She longs to open its lid, but Zeus has told her not to. Will Pandora be able to keep her curiosity under control?
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 140487822X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Pandora is always curious. When a messenger arrives with a beautiful golden vase from Zeus, Pandora is entranced by it. She longs to open its lid, but Zeus has told her not to. Will Pandora be able to keep her curiosity under control?
Golden Lotus Volume 2
Author: Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906311
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --Pearl S. Buck A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden Lotus (also known as The Plum in the Golden Vase) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese Literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age, this Chinese classic has also been denigrated for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a young, dissolute, and politically connected merchant, and his marriage to a fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, literally "Golden Lotus." In her desire to influence her husband and, through him, control the other wives, concubines, and entire household, she uses sex as her primary weapon. The Golden Lotus lays bare the rivalries within this wealthy family while chronicling its rise and fall. This great work of classic Chinese literature, from an author whose pseudonym means "Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," is a virtuoso collection of voices and vices, mixing in poetry and song. It samples different social registers from popular ballads to the language of bureaucrats to recreate and comment mordantly on the society of the time. Little-known in the west but utterly iconic amongst the Chinese classics in worldly circles, reading The Golden Lotus promises both an astute reflection on human tendencies and a sumptuous, intoxicating take on Chinese erotica. This new edition: Features a superb new introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains its importance as the first single-authored novel in the Chinese tradition Contains the complete, unexpurgated text as translated by Clement Egerton with the assistance of Shu Qingchun (later known as Lao She, one of the most prominent Chinese writers of the twentieth century) Ensures translation has been pinyinized and corrected for this new edition
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906311
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --Pearl S. Buck A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden Lotus (also known as The Plum in the Golden Vase) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese Literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age, this Chinese classic has also been denigrated for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a young, dissolute, and politically connected merchant, and his marriage to a fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, literally "Golden Lotus." In her desire to influence her husband and, through him, control the other wives, concubines, and entire household, she uses sex as her primary weapon. The Golden Lotus lays bare the rivalries within this wealthy family while chronicling its rise and fall. This great work of classic Chinese literature, from an author whose pseudonym means "Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," is a virtuoso collection of voices and vices, mixing in poetry and song. It samples different social registers from popular ballads to the language of bureaucrats to recreate and comment mordantly on the society of the time. Little-known in the west but utterly iconic amongst the Chinese classics in worldly circles, reading The Golden Lotus promises both an astute reflection on human tendencies and a sumptuous, intoxicating take on Chinese erotica. This new edition: Features a superb new introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains its importance as the first single-authored novel in the Chinese tradition Contains the complete, unexpurgated text as translated by Clement Egerton with the assistance of Shu Qingchun (later known as Lao She, one of the most prominent Chinese writers of the twentieth century) Ensures translation has been pinyinized and corrected for this new edition
Chinese Theories of Fiction
Author: Ming Dong Gu
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791481484
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism. Through an inquiry into the macrocosm of Chinese fiction, the art of formative works, and theoretical data in fiction commentaries and intellectual thought, Gu explores the conceptual and historical conditions of Chinese fiction in relation to European and world fiction. In the process, Gu critiques and challenges some accepted views of Chinese fiction and provides a theoretical basis for fresh approaches to fiction study in general and Chinese fiction in particular. Such masterpieces as the Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) and the Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone) are discussed at length to advance his notion of fiction and fiction theory.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791481484
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism. Through an inquiry into the macrocosm of Chinese fiction, the art of formative works, and theoretical data in fiction commentaries and intellectual thought, Gu explores the conceptual and historical conditions of Chinese fiction in relation to European and world fiction. In the process, Gu critiques and challenges some accepted views of Chinese fiction and provides a theoretical basis for fresh approaches to fiction study in general and Chinese fiction in particular. Such masterpieces as the Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) and the Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone) are discussed at length to advance his notion of fiction and fiction theory.
The Golden Goblet
Author: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0140303359
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Donation July/04.
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0140303359
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Donation July/04.
A Dictionary of Chinese Literature
Author: Taiping Chang
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780191836183
Category : Authors, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From the Shi jing (Classic of Songs) of the eleventh century BC, to the to the wanglu wenxue (Internet literature) of the twenty-first century, this authoritative dictionary covers key terms relative to the study of Chinese literature, from antiquity to the present day. A-Z entries on key literary figures, trends, schools, movements, and literary collections are included, as well as detailed descriptions of traditional literary works, plays, dramas, stories, novels, and other main literary texts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780191836183
Category : Authors, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From the Shi jing (Classic of Songs) of the eleventh century BC, to the to the wanglu wenxue (Internet literature) of the twenty-first century, this authoritative dictionary covers key terms relative to the study of Chinese literature, from antiquity to the present day. A-Z entries on key literary figures, trends, schools, movements, and literary collections are included, as well as detailed descriptions of traditional literary works, plays, dramas, stories, novels, and other main literary texts
California in a Vase
Author: David Bryant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734159639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book endeavors to inspire people to bring the native plants of their region into their gardens, into their homes and into decorative arrangements. California in a Vase is an odyssey in the art of floral design - a voyage that takes us into the Golden State's most rugged wildlands, back to our home gardens and ultimately to a vase. This is a book with a message: that the plants that define our home offer resounding beauty in any arrangement. The book features floral designs made using California native plants from The Gottlieb Native Garden and California Botanic Garden, arrangements that are refined, rustic, bold, delicate, evocative, colorful, spirited and more - as native plants can achieve any style while always speaking to a uniquely Californian aesthetic. When we make arrangements with California native plants - always supplied by home gardens, backyards, patios or balconies - we invite Californian's wild beauty into our homes. In so doing, we celebrate what makes our home special while creating habitat and supporting local fauna in the process. California in a Vase tells this story through masterful designs made at The Gottlieb Native Garden and California Botanic Garden.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734159639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book endeavors to inspire people to bring the native plants of their region into their gardens, into their homes and into decorative arrangements. California in a Vase is an odyssey in the art of floral design - a voyage that takes us into the Golden State's most rugged wildlands, back to our home gardens and ultimately to a vase. This is a book with a message: that the plants that define our home offer resounding beauty in any arrangement. The book features floral designs made using California native plants from The Gottlieb Native Garden and California Botanic Garden, arrangements that are refined, rustic, bold, delicate, evocative, colorful, spirited and more - as native plants can achieve any style while always speaking to a uniquely Californian aesthetic. When we make arrangements with California native plants - always supplied by home gardens, backyards, patios or balconies - we invite Californian's wild beauty into our homes. In so doing, we celebrate what makes our home special while creating habitat and supporting local fauna in the process. California in a Vase tells this story through masterful designs made at The Gottlieb Native Garden and California Botanic Garden.
The Golden Lotus
Author: Clement Egerton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : Chinese fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN:
Category : Chinese fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
The Golden Vase
Author: Ludwig Lewisohn
Publisher: New York, Harper & Bros
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher: New York, Harper & Bros
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description